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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-amendment-no-2-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1533",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1997",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC. ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 9th June 1997\nComing into force 1st July 1997\nThe Registrar General, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 9(5), 10A(1)(b)(i) and (c)(i), 14(1), 29(2) and 39(a) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, as extended by section 26(3) of the Welsh Language Act 1993 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the approval of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, hereby makes the following Regulations—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1953 c. 20. See section 41 (as amended by S.I. 1996/273) for definitions of “the Minister”and “prescribed”. Section 9(5) was added by section 93(3) of the Children Act 1975; section 10A was substituted by section 25 of the Family Law Reform Act 1987 and amended by section 108(4) and paragraph 6 of Schedule 12 to the Children Act 1989; section 14(1) has been amended by section 1(2) of the Legitimation (Re-registration of Birth) Act 1957, section 108(1) and paragraph 13 of Schedule 3 to the Children Act 1975 and section 33(1) and paragraph 16(a) of Schedule 2 to the Family Law Reform Act 1987."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1993 c. 38."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The approval of “the Minister” is required by section 39 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953. The function of approving regulations was transferred to the Chancellor of the Exechequer by article 3(1) and paragraph 8(b) of Schedule 1 to the Transfer of Functions (Registration and Statistics) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/273)."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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