{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-standards-act-2000-commencement-no-9-england-and-transitional-and-savings-provisions-order-2001/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-standards-act-2000-commencement-no-9-england-and-transitional-and-savings-provisions-order-2001/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3852",
  "legislation_title": "The Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 9 (England) and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-standards-act-2000-commencement-no-9-england-and-transitional-and-savings-provisions-order-2001",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, interpretation and extent",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 9 (England) and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2001.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Care Standards Act 2000;\n“the 1957 Act” means the Nurses Agencies Act 1957;\n“the 1984 Act” means the Registered Homes Act 1984;\n“the 1989 Act” means the Children Act 1989.\n(3) In this Order, a reference to an agency does not include a reference to a voluntary adoption agency.\n(4) This Order extends to England only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "5 & 6 Eliz. 2 c.16."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1984 c. 23."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1989 c. 41."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3852/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:20:39.798610+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}