{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-care-disregard-of-resources-scotland-order-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2002/264",
  "legislation_title": "The Community Care (Disregard of Resources) (Scotland) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-care-disregard-of-resources-scotland-order-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL CARE\nMade 5th June 2002\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 6th June 2002\nComing into force 1st July 2002\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 12(3A) and (3B) and 94(1) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 49; section 12(3A) and (3B) were inserted by the Community Care (Residential Accommodation) Act 1998 (c. 19), section 2 and substituted by the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 5) (“the 2002 Act”), section 3; section 94(1) was amended by the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), Schedule 5, by the Children Act 1975 (c. 72), Schedule 4, Part I, by the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29), Schedule 16, paragraph 29(3), by the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 36), Schedule 3, paragraph 17, by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), Schedule 9, paragraph 10(14), by the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36), Schedule 4, paragraph 15(28) and Schedule 5 and by the 2002 Act, schedule 2, paragraph 1(5). See the definition of “prescribed”. 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/2002/264/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."
}