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  "legislation": "uksi/1974/571",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Amendment) Regulations 1974",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC. ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 26th March 1974\nComing into Operation 1st April 1974\nThe Registrar General, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 6, 16 and 20 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 Social Services, hereby makes the following regulations:—",
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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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