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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2001-commencement-no-9-order-2002/article-3",
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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/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Appointed day in respect of section 67(2) of, and Schedule 6, to the Act",
  "text": "15th April 2002 is the appointed day for the coming into force of subsection (2) of section 67 of, and Part 3 of Schedule 6 to, the Act in respect of the repeal of—\n(a) section 26A of the National Assistance Act 1948;\n(b) section 86A of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968;\n(c) section 43 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;\n(d) section 57 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990; and\n(e) section 135(3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1948 c. 29; section 26A was inserted by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1968 c. 49; section 86A was inserted by section 57 of the 1990 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1990 c. 19."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1992 c. 4."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1312/article/3",
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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."
}