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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-standards-act-2000-establishments-and-agencies-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1770",
  "legislation_title": "The Care Standards Act 2000 (Establishments and Agencies) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-standards-act-2000-establishments-and-agencies-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL CARE, ENGLAND\nNURSES MIDWIVES AND HEALTH VISITORS, ENGLAND\nMade 9th July 2004\nLaid before Parliament 9th July 2004\nComing into force 26th July 2004\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 22(1), (2)(b) and (h), (7)(c) and 118(5) and (6) of the Care Standards Act 2000, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and 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”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 22(9) of the Care Standards Act 2000 for the requirement to consult."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1770/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."
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