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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1994-commencement-no-1-order-1994/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/3116",
  "legislation_title": "The Marriage Act 1994 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1994-commencement-no-1-order-1994",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force on 1st January 1995 those provisions of the Marriage Act 1994 which amend the Marriage Act 1949 to permit marriage in a register office outside the couple’s district(s) of residence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3116/note",
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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."
}