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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carers-and-disabled-children-vouchers-england-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1216",
  "legislation_title": "The Carers and Disabled Children (Vouchers) (England) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carers-and-disabled-children-vouchers-england-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SERVICES, ENGLAND\nMade 1st May 2003\nLaid before Parliament 8th May 2003\nComing into force 29th May 2003\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 17B(1) and (3) of the Children Act 1989, sections 3(1) and (3) of the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 41. Section 17B was inserted by section 7 of the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 (c. 16)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2000 c. 16; see section 11(1) for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1216/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."
}