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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/562",
  "legislation_title": "The General Social Care Council (Registration) (Description of Social Care Workers) Order 2004",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL CARE, ENGLAND\nMade 3rd March 2004\nLaid before Parliament 9th March 2004\nComing into force 1st April 2004\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 56(1)(b) and 118(1), (4) and (5) of the Care Standards Act 2000, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and having consulted the General Social Care Council, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 14."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See: section 56(4) of the Care Standards Act 2000 for the requirement to consult."
    }
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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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