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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-amendment-regulations-1974/regulation-2",
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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": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, “the principal regulations” means the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Regulations 1968 as amended .\n(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to the interpretation of these regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The amending Regulations are not relevant to the subject matter of these Regulations."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/571/regulation/2",
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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."
}