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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-same-sex-couples-act-2013/schedule-4/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2013/30",
  "legislation_title": "Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-same-sex-couples-act-2013",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 11 does not alter the effect of any private legal instrument made before that section comes into force.\n(2) In this paragraph “private legal instrument” includes—\n(a) a will,\n(b) an instrument (including a private Act) which settles property,\n(c) an instrument (including a private Act) which provides for the use, disposal or devolution of property, and\n(d) an instrument (including a private Act) which—\n(i) establishes a body, or\n(ii) regulates the purposes and administration of a body,\n(whether the body is incorporated or not and whether it is charitable or not);\nbut (with the exception of the kinds of private Act mentioned above) it does not include England and Wales legislation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 1 in force at 13.3.2014 by S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(j)(i)"
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:02.807963+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}