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  "legislation_title": "Children and Social Work Act 2017",
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  "text": "An Act to make provision about looked after children; to make other provision in relation to the welfare of children; and to make provision about the regulation of social workers.\n[27th April 2017]\nBe it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
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