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  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/35",
  "legislation_title": "Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-leaving-care-act-2000",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to make provision about children and young persons who are being, or have been, looked after by a local authority; to replace section 24 of the Children Act 1989; and for connected purposes.\n[30th November 2000]\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/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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