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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-amendment-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1626",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Amendment) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-amendment-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC.\nENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 24th June 1996\nComing into force 1st August 1996\nThe Registrar General in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 20(a) of the Registration Service Act 1953 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": "1953 c. 37."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The approval of the Chancellor of the Exchequer is required by section 20 of the Registration Service Act 1953. “Secretary of State” was substituted for “Minister of Health” in that section by the Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1699) article 5(4)(a) and the functions of the Secretary of State under that section were transferred to the Chancellor of the Exchequer by the Transfer of Functions (Registration and Statistics) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/273) article 3(1)."
    }
  ],
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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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