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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-care-direct-payments-scotland-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/693",
  "legislation_title": "The Community Care (Direct Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-care-direct-payments-scotland-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL WORK, SCOTLAND\nMade 7th March 1997\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 1997\nComing into force 1st April 1997\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 12B(1)(b), (3) and (4) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 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": "1968 c. 49; section 12B was inserted by the Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996 (c. 30), s.4."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/693/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."
}