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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-mental-health-rules-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2149",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Mental Health Rules) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-mental-health-rules-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)\nThis Act of Sederunt consolidates the Act of Sederunt (Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984) 1986, and extends the provisions relating to hospital orders to community care orders, which were introduced by section 4 of the Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995. This Act of Sederunt also provides rules relating to the variation of community care orders, provides a form of appeal against a community care order, and repeals the Act of Sederunt (Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984) 1986.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2149/note",
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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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