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  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/14",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Social Care Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2008",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "The Care Quality Commission",
  "text": "(1) There is to be a body corporate known as the Care Quality Commission (referred to in this Part as “the Commission”).\n(2) The Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection, the Commission for Social Care Inspection and the Mental Health Act Commission are dissolved.\n(3) Schedule 1 (which makes further provision about the Care Quality Commission) has effect.",
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  "version": "current",
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      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 1(1) in force at 1.10.2008 by S.I. 2008/2497, art. 2(a)"
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 1(2) in force at 1.4.2009 by S.I. 2009/462, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 1"
    },
    {
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      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 1(3) in force at 1.10.2008 for specified purposes by S.I. 2008/2497, art. 2(b)"
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I4",
      "text": "S. 1(3) in force at 1.4.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/462, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 2"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:00.738432+00:00"
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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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