{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-no-4-regulations-1988/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1971",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-no-4-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 2 of the General Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 2(1) of the General Regulations (interpretation) for the definition of “polygamous marriage” there shall be substituted the following definition—\n““polygamous marriage” means any marriage during the subsistence of which a party to it is married to more than one person and the ceremony of marriage took place under the law of a country which permits polygamy;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1971/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:55:05.538433+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}