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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-standards-act-2000-relevant-registers-of-social-workers-regulations-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/491",
  "legislation_title": "The Care Standards Act 2000 (Relevant Registers of Social Workers) Regulations 2005",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL CARE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 5th March 2005\nLaid before Parliament 10th March 2005\nComing into force 1st April 2005\nThe Secretary of State and the National Assembly for Wales, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 61(2)(b) and 118(5) of the Care Standards Act 2000, and being satisfied that the laws of Scotland and Northern Ireland under which the relevant registers are maintained correspond to the provisions in Part 4 of that Act, hereby make 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 and Wales, as the Secretary of State and the National Assembly for Wales acting jointly. “Prescribed” and “regulations” are defined in section 121(1) of the Act."
    }
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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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