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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/468",
  "legislation_title": "The Marriage Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MARRIAGE\nMade 3rd November 2003\nComing into operation 1st January 2004\nThe Department of Finance and Personnel in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 3(3) and (4), 4(1), 7(1), (2), (5) and (6), 8(3) and (4), 17, 18(3), (4) and (6), 21(4), 22(3), 24(3), 27(1), 29(2), 35(3), 36(1) and (3) and 39(2) of the Marriage (Northern Ireland) Order 2003, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I.2003/413 (N.I. 3)"
    }
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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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