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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-fertilisation-and-embryology-act-2008/section-51",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/22",
  "legislation_title": "Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-fertilisation-and-embryology-act-2008",
  "path": "section/51",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Meaning of “relevant register of births”",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Part a “relevant register of births”, in relation to a birth, is whichever of the following is relevant—\n(a) a register of live-births or still-births kept under the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (c. 20),\n(b) a register of births or still-births kept under the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 (c. 49), or\n(c) a register of live-births or still-births kept under the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/1041 (N.I. 14)).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/22/section/51",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:47.450526+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."
}