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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-amendment-regulations-2005/note",
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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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Registration of Marriages Regulations 1986, the Registration of Marriages (Welsh Language) Regulations 1999, the Marriage (Authorised Persons) Regulations 1952, the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987, the Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) Regulations 1987 and the Reporting of Suspicious Marriages and Registration of Marriages (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2000. In particular the Regulations make amendments to registration forms relating to marriage and make other consequential amendments to registration provisions as a result of the Civil Partnership Act 2004.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3177/note",
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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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