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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-fees-order-1990/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/65",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-fees-order-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 17th January 1990\nLaid before Parliament 25th January 1990\nComing into force 1st April 1990\nThe Secretary of State for Health 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 he 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 paragraph 21 of Schedule 9 to the Friendly Societies Act 1974 (c. 46) and by paragraph 33 of Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975 (c. 18). 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": "See the Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1699), article 2 (transferring all functions of the Minister of Health to the Secretary of State)."
    }
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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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