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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-amendment-regulations-1992/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/2753",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-amendment-regulations-1992",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 3rd November 1992\nComing into force 1st January 1993\nThe Registrar General in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 6(2) and 20(a) of the Registration Service Act 1953 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the approval of the Secretary of State for Health, hereby makes the following regulations—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1953 c. 37; seethe definitions of “the minister” and “prescribed” in Section 21(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Article 5(4)(a) of the Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1699) substituted “Secretary of State” for “Minister” in section 21(1) of the Registration Service Act 1953."
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2753/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."
}