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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fostering-of-children-scotland-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3263",
  "legislation_title": "The Fostering of Children (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fostering-of-children-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL WORK, SCOTLAND\nCHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS\nMade 20th December 1996\nLaid before Parliament 31st December 1996\nComing into force 1st April 1997\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 5(2), (3) and (4) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 49; subsections (3) and (4) of section 5 were substituted by the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36), Schedule 4, paragraph 15(4)(d)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3263/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."
}