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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-prescription-of-forms-scotland-amendment-regulations-1995/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/3156",
  "legislation_title": "The Marriage (Prescription of Forms) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-prescription-of-forms-scotland-amendment-regulations-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MARRIAGE\nMade 29th November 1995\nComing into force 1st January 1996\nThe Registrar General, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 3(1), 6(1), 7(2) 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 under section 25 of that Act, 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 paragraph 3, and section 6(1), by paragraph 5, of Schedule 2 to the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16). 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/1995/3156/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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