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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carers-waiving-of-charges-for-support-scotland-amendment-regulations-2018/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carers-waiving-of-charges-for-support-scotland-amendment-regulations-2018/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2018/31",
  "legislation_title": "The Carers (Waiving of Charges for Support) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carers-waiving-of-charges-for-support-scotland-amendment-regulations-2018",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Care\nMade 31st January 2018\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 2nd February 2018\nComing into force 1st April 2018\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 87(5) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c.49. Section 87 was relevantly amended by section 26 of the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 9). The functions of the Secretary of State under section 87 were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46). The requirement to obtain the consent of the Treasury has ceased to apply by virtue of section 55(1) of that Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/31/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."
}