{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-care-direct-payments-scotland-regulations-2003/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-care-direct-payments-scotland-regulations-2003/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2003/243",
  "legislation_title": "The Community Care (Direct Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-care-direct-payments-scotland-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL WORK\nMade 8th May 2003\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 12th May 2003\nComing into force 1st June 2003\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 12B(1)(b), (1B), (3), (4) and (6) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf hereby make 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), section 4 and was amended by the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 8), section 70 and by the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 5), section 7 and Schedule 2, paragraph 1. See section 90(1) for the meaning of ‘regulations'. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/243/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."
}