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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-mental-health-absconding-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-regulations-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2017/9780111035733",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health (Absconding) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-mental-health-absconding-miscellaneous-amendments-scotland-regulations-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 326(4)(c) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.\nMental Health\nMade 2017\nComing into force 30th June 2017\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 309, 310 and 326(2) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 326(4)(c) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 asp 13. Section 309 was amended by section 71(2) of the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 10). Sections 309 and 310 were amended by section 33(3) and (4) of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 9)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 326(4)(c) has been modified by paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10) and was amended by section 16(7) of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 9)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2017/9780111035733/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."
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