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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-fees-scotland-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2215",
  "legislation_title": "The Marriage Fees (Scotland) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-fees-scotland-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MARRIAGE\nMade 16th December 1988\nLaid before Parliament 30th December 1988\nComing into force 1st April 1989\nThe Registrar General, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 3(1), 19(2), 25 and 26 of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and with the approval of the Secretary of State, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 15"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2215/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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