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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-quality-commission-fees-reviews-and-performance-assessments-regulations-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/249",
  "legislation_title": "The Care Quality Commission (Fees) (Reviews and Performance Assessments) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-quality-commission-fees-reviews-and-performance-assessments-regulations-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "National Health Service, England\nSocial Care, England\nPublic Health, England\nMade 25th February 2016\nLaid before Parliament 1st March 2016\nComing into force 1st April 2016\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85(1)(b) and 161(3) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008.\nIn accordance with section 85(6) of that Act the Secretary of State has consulted the Commission and such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 161(3) has been amended by section 294(4) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2008 c.14 (“the Act”) - see section 97 of the Act for the definition of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The reference to “the Commission” is a reference to the Care Quality Commission - see section 1(1) of the Act which made provision for the establishment of the Commission."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/249/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."
}