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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carers-services-and-direct-payments-amendment-england-regulations-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/441",
  "legislation_title": "The Carers (Services) and Direct Payments (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carers-services-and-direct-payments-amendment-england-regulations-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SERVICES, ENGLAND\nMade 15th February 2001\nLaid before Parliament 16th February 2001\nComing into force 1st April 2001\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(3) and (4) and section 11(1) and (3) of the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 and section 1(1)(b)(ii) of the Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996, 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": "2000 c. 16. Section 11(1) is cited for the definitions of “prescribed” amd “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1996 c. 30. Paragraph (b) of section 1(1) of this Act was amended by section 5(b) of the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 (c. 16), which inserted sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/441/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."
}