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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-amendment-england-and-wales-regulations-2009/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2165",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-amendment-england-and-wales-regulations-2009",
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  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987 and the Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) Regulations 1987. They make amendments to allow for the recording of information in a birth, death or still-birth entry relating to an “other parent” which is the second female parent as defined by sections 42 and 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008. They provide accordingly for alternative forms of birth and still-birth entry and associated prescribed forms.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2165/note",
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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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