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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-direct-payments-amendment-regulations-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/167",
  "legislation_title": "The Care and Support (Direct Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-direct-payments-amendment-regulations-2016",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Care, England\nMade 10th February 2016\nLaid before Parliament 17th February 2016\nComing into force 1st April 2016\nThe Secretary of State having had regard to the general duty of local authorities under section 1(1) of the Care Act 2014 (promotion of individual well-being) makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 33(1) and (2), 75(7), and 125(7) and (8) of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2014 c.23. The powers to make regulations are exercisable by the Secretary of State; see section 125(1). Section 75(7) of the Act provides that a local authority may discharge its duty under section 117 (after care) of the Mental Health Act 1983 (c.20) by making direct payments and that section of, and paragraph 1(10) of Schedule 4 to, the Act modify section 33(2) accordingly."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 78(3)."
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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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