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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-fees-amendment-order-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1303",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) (Amendment) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-fees-amendment-order-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC.\nENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 5th May 1999\nLaid before Parliament 10th May 1999\nComing into force 1st June 1999\nThe Chancellor of the Exchequer, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5(1) and (2) of, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 3 to, the Public Expenditure and Receipts Act 1968 and now vested in him and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 14; paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 was amended by section 116(1) of, and paragraph 21 of Schedule 9 to, the Friendly Societies Act 1974 (c. 46), and by section 4 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to, the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6). By virtue of section 2(2) of the Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32) the reference to the Marriage Act 1949 (c. 76) in the said Schedule 3 includes a reference to that Act as amended by the 1983 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "References to “the Chancellor of the Exchequer” were substituted in the second column of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 3 to the 1968 Act by article 5(1) of, and paragraph 16 of Schedule 2 to, the Transfer of Functions (Registration and Statistics) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/273)."
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  "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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