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  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/7",
  "legislation_title": "Marriage (Wales) Act 1986",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to extend section 23 of the Marriage Act 1949 to Wales\n[18th March 1986]\nBe it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
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