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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-amendment-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/844",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-amendment-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC.\nENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 11th March 1997\nComing into force 1st April 1997\nThe Registrar General, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 9(1) and (2), 21(1), 23(3), 23A(1) and (3), 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",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 9(1) was amended by S.I. 1996/2395."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 23A was inserted by S.I. 1996/2395."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1953 c. 20. See section 41 (as amended by S.I. 1996/273) for definitions of “the Minister” and “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1993 c. 38."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "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 Exchequer 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",
  "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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