{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-1994/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-1994/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/3046",
  "legislation_title": "THE COURT OF PROTECTION RULES 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-protection-rules-1994",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MENTAL HEALTH\nMade 29th November 1994\nLaid before Parliament 1st December 1994\nComing into force 22nd December 1994\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 106, 107 and 108 of the Mental Health Act 1983 and section 54 of the Trustee Act 1925 and with the consent of the Treasury so far as is required by section 106(5) of the said Act of 1983, hereby makes the followng Rules:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 20; extended by sections 94(1)(aa), 111(2A) and 111(3A) of that Act; sections 94(1)(aa), 111(2A) and 111(3A) were inserted by the Public Trustee and Administration of Funds Act 1986 (c. 57), section 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1925 c. 19; section 54 was substituted by the Mental Health Act 1959 (c. 72), schedule 7."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3046/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."
}