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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carers-scotland-act-2016/section-37",
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  "legislation": "asp/2016/9",
  "legislation_title": "Carers (Scotland) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carers-scotland-act-2016",
  "path": "section/37",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Guidance and directions to local authorities",
  "text": "(1) Section 5 of the 1968 Act (powers of the Scottish Ministers) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1), after “Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 1)” insert “ and the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 ”.\n(3) In subsection (1B), after paragraph (t) insert—\n“(u) the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 37 in force at 1.10.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/152, reg. 3, sch."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/9/section/37",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:35.677188+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."
}