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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-ceremony-prescribed-words-act-1996-commencement-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2506",
  "legislation_title": "The Marriage Ceremony (Prescribed Words) Act 1996 (Commencement) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-ceremony-prescribed-words-act-1996-commencement-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MARRIAGE\nMade 1st October 1996\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2(2) of the Marriage Ceremony (Prescribed Words) Act 1996, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 34."
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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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