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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-fees-scotland-regulations-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2816",
  "legislation_title": "The Marriage Fees (Scotland) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-fees-scotland-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MARRIAGE\nMade 12th December 1991\nLaid before Parliament 20th December 1991\nComing into force 1st April 1992\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; section 3(1) was amended by the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16), Schedule 2, paragraph 3; section 26 contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2816/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."
}