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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2008/section-2",
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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/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "The Commission's functions",
  "text": "(1) The Commission has the functions conferred on it by or under any enactment.\n(2) Those functions include—\n(a) registration functions under Chapter 2,\n(b) review and investigation functions under Chapter 3, and\n(c) functions under the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 1 excluded (6.4.2010) by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No.16, Transitory and Transitional Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/807), arts. 1(1)(a), 17(4)(c) (5)(b)"
    },
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Pt. 1 excluded (6.4.2010) by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No.16, Transitory and Transitional Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/807), arts. 1(1)(a), 14(4)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 2(1) in force at 1.10.2008 by S.I. 2008/2497, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 2(2)(a) in force at 12.1.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2008/3168, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 2(2)(a) in force at 6.4.2010 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2010/807, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 1 (with Pt. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I4",
      "text": "S. 2(2)(b)(c) in force at 1.4.2009 by S.I. 2009/462, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 3"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/14/section/2",
    "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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