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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/462",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No.9, Consequential Amendments and Transitory, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2008-commencement-no9-consequential-amendments-and-transitory-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been printed in substitution of the SI of the same number and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.\nMental Health, England And Wales\nNational Health Service\nPublic Health\nSocial Care\nMade 25th February 2009\nLaid before Parliament 5th March 2009\nComing into force\nfor the purpose of article 6 27th March 2009\nfor all other purposes except paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 5 1st April 2009\nfor the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 5 6th April 2009\nThe Secretary of State for Health makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 161(3) and (4), 167(1) and (3) and 170(3) and (4) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008.\nIn accordance with section 172(3) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008, the Secretary of State has consulted the Welsh Ministers.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2008 c. 14. See section 171(2) of that Act for the definition of “appropriate authority”."
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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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