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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-amendment-regulations-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3177",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Amendment) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-amendment-regulations-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC., ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 15th November 2005\nComing into force 5th December 2005\nThe Registrar General, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 27(1), 27B(2)(b), 31(2), 74 and 78 of the Marriage Act 1949, sections 20(a) and 21(1) of the Registration Service Act 1953, sections 15, 39(a) and 41 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, sections 2(1), 7 and 18 of the Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970, as extended by section 26(3) of the Welsh Language Act 1993 and section 24(3) and (4)(a) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, with the approval of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1949 c. 76. Section 27 was amended by the Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32), section 1(7) and Schedule 1 paragraph 5, by the Marriage Act 1994 (c. 34), section 1(3) and the Schedule paragraph 2, by the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33), sections 160(2), 161(1) and (2), 169(1) and (3), Schedule 14 paragraph 8 and Schedule 16 and by S.I. 1997/2939, S.I. 1999/3311 and S.I. 2002/3076."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1953 c. 37."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1953 c. 20."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1970 c. 34."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1993 c. 38."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1999 c. 33."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3177/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."
}