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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-services-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-regulations-2007/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2007/52",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration Services (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-services-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-regulations-2007",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC.\nMade 6th February 2007\nComing into force 1st March 2007\nThe Registrar General, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 20(1), 28A(3), 39E(4), 44(4), 54(1)(b) and 54A(1) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and with the approval of the Scottish Ministers in accordance with section 54(1) of that Act, makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1965 c. 49 (“the 1965 Act”). Section 20 was amended by the Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 9), section 10(1) and the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14; “the 2006 Act”), section 41(2); section 28A(3) was inserted by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73), section 10(1). Section 39E(4) was inserted by the 2006 Act, section 44(5). Section 54(1) was amended by the Children Act 1975 (c. 72), Schedule 4, Part III and by the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 15) (“the 1977 Act”), Schedule 3; section 54A was inserted by the 2006 Act, section 47(3). Section 1 contains a definition of “Registrar General” and section 56 contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The functions of the Secretary of State under the 1965 and 1977 Acts were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/52/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."
}