{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-authorised-persons-and-civil-partnership-registration-provisions-amendment-regulations-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/177",
  "legislation_title": "The Marriage (Authorised Persons) and Civil Partnership (Registration Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-authorised-persons-and-civil-partnership-registration-provisions-amendment-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Registration Of Births, Deaths, Marriages Etc., England And Wales\nCivil Partnership, England And Wales\nMade 5th February 2015\nComing into force 2nd March 2015\nThe Registrar General, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 74(1)(a) of the Marriage Act 1949 and sections 8(2), 9E(1), 12(2), 21(2), 36(1), 36(2)(a) and (3), and 258(2) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004, and with the approval of the Secretary of State, makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1949 c. 76."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2004 c. 33. Section 9E was inserted by paragraph 21 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22). Section 36(3) was amended by S.I. 2005/2000 and by paragraph 28(2) of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 74(1) of the Marriage Act 1949 and section 36(2) of the 2004 Act. S.I. 2008/678 substituted the reference in section 36(2) of the 2004 Act to the Chancellor of the Exchequer with a reference to the Secretary of State."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/177/introduction",
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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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