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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-central-register-scotland-regulations-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/484",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Central Register (Scotland) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-central-register-scotland-regulations-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC.\nMade 3rd October 2006\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 4th October 2006\nComing into force 11th November 2006\nThe Registrar General, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 57(2)(f), (3)(i), (4), (6) and (7) and 61(2) of the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the approval of the Scottish Ministers in accordance with section 60(1) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 asp 14. Section 57(7) provides that references in section 57(6) to information include references to information of prescribed kinds, and the reference to recipients includes a reference to recipients of prescribed descriptions. Section 60 contains a definition of “prescribed” and applies a definition of “Registrar General” in section 1 of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 (c. 49) relevant to the exercise of statutory powers under which these Regulations are made."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/484/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."
}