{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-special-provisions-act-1957/section-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/58",
  "legislation_title": "Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Special Provisions) Act 1957",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-special-provisions-act-1957",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Short title, etc.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Special Provisions) Act 1957.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) It is hereby declared that the provisions of this Act affecting the Acts relating to the registration of births, deaths and marriages extend to Northern Ireland.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 7(2) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 17 Group 10"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 7(4) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 17 Group 10"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:13:32.693885+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}