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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-overseas-births-and-deaths-amendment-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1466",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Overseas Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-overseas-births-and-deaths-amendment-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES ETC. ABROAD\nMade 6th June 1997\nLaid before Parliament 9th June 1997\nComing into force 1st July 1997\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 41(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 61; section 41 was extended by article 7(4) of the Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986, S.I. 1986/948."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1466/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."
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