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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-homes-amendment-no-2-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1703",
  "legislation_title": "The Care Homes (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-homes-amendment-no-2-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL CARE, ENGLAND\nMade 7th July 2003\nLaid before Parliament 14th July 2003\nComing into force 1st September 2003\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 22(1) and (7)(a), 25(1) and 118(5) to (7) of the Care Standards Act 2000, and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having consulted such persons as he considers appropriate, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 14. The powers are exercisable by the appropriate Minister, who is defined in section 121(1), in relation to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland as the Secretary of State. See section 121(1) for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    }
  ],
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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."
}