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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-social-security-co-ordination-eu-withdrawal-act-2020-consequential-saving-transitional-and-transitory-provisions-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1309",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-social-security-co-ordination-eu-withdrawal-act-2020-consequential-saving-transitional-and-transitory-provisions-eu-exit-regulations-2020",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Marriage Act 1949",
  "text": "(1) The Marriage Act 1949 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 78 (interpretation), in subsection (1), in the definition of “relevant national”—\n(a) after paragraph (a) insert—\n“(aa) an Irish citizen, or\n(ab) a person who is not an Irish citizen and who—\n(i) has leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom which was granted by virtue of residence scheme immigration rules within the meaning given by section 17 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 , or\n(ii) is an applicant for the purposes of regulation 4 of the Citizens' Rights (Application Deadline and Temporary Protection) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (applications which have not been finally determined by the deadline) where the relevant period within the meaning of that regulation has not expired;”;\n(b) omit paragraphs (b) and (c).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1949 c. 76. The definition of “relevant national” was inserted by paragraphs 1 and 17 of, Schedule 4 to, the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22) and amended by S.I. 2019/745."
    },
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "2020 c. 1."
    },
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      "label": "M3",
      "text": "S.I. 2020/1209."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 1.7.2021, see reg. 1(2)(c)"
    }
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  "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."
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