{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-enduring-powers-of-attorney-rules-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/825",
  "legislation_title": "The Court of Protection (Enduring Powers of Attorney) Rules 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-enduring-powers-of-attorney-rules-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POWERS OF ATTORNEY\nMENTAL HEALTH, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 6th March 2001\nLaid before Parliament 9th March 2001\nComing into force 1st April 2001\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 106 and 108 of the Mental Health Act 1983 and with the consent of the Treasury so far as is required by section 106(5) of that Act, hereby makes the following Rules—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 20; section 106 was applied by section 10(1)(d) of the Enduring Powers of Attorney Act 1985 (c. 29)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/825/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."
}