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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-welsh-language-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/687",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) (Amendment) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-welsh-language-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC. ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 31st March 1988\nComing into force 4th April 1988\nThe Registrar General, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 14A, 39 and 41 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, as extended by section 2(2) of the Welsh Language Act 1967, and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, with the approval of the Secretary of State for Wales, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1953 c. 20; section 14A was inserted by section 26 of the Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c. 42); see definitions of “prescribed” and “the Minister” in section 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1967 c. 66."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The approval of the Secretary of State is required to the exercise of the power conferred by section 14A of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, see section 39 of that Act, and article 2 of the Secretary of State for Social Services Order (S.I. 1968/1699) which transferred all functions of the Minister of Health to the Secretary of State."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/687/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."
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