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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2001-commencement-no-9-order-2002/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1312",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Social Care Act 2001 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2001-commencement-no-9-order-2002",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, interpretation and extent",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2002.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Health and Social Care Act 2001.\n(3) Article 2 of this Order extends to England and Scotland only.\n(4) Article 3(a) and (c) of this Order extend to England and Wales only.\n(5) Article 3(b) and (d) of this Order extend to Scotland only.\n(6) Article 3(e) of this Order extends to England, Scotland and Wales.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (“the 2001 Act”), section 70(3)(c) for the definition of “relevant authority” in relation to, and section 70(8) for the extent of, section 62 of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the 2001 Act, section 70(3) for the definition of relevant authority in relation to, and section 70(8) for the extent of the repeals made by section 67(2) of and Schedule 6 to the 2001 Act."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1312/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:57:29.094686+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}