{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-service-act-1953/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-service-act-1953/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/1-2/37",
  "legislation_title": "Registration Service Act 1953",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-service-act-1953",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the registration service in England and Wales with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949.\n[31st July 1953]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act extended (prosp.) by 2002 c. 38, ss. 78(4), 148 (with Sch. 4 paras. 1, 6-8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act amended by S.I. 1971/1732, art. 5(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Power to extend Act conferred by British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61, SIF 87), s. 41(4)(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Act amended by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Act extended (30.12.2005) by Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38), ss. 78(4), 148(1) (with Sch. 4 paras. 1, Sch. 4 paras. 6-8); S.I. 2005/2213, art. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Act wholly in force at 1.10.1953 see s. 24(3)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/1-2/37/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:16:38.785066+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."
}