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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012-commencement-no-10-order-2016/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/81",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012-commencement-no-10-order-2016",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force section 223(4) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7) (“the Act”). It is the tenth such Order to be made under the Act.\nArticle 2 brings into force section 223(4) of the Act, which amends section 26A of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17) (“the 2002 Act”) by inserting a new subsection (subsection (2A)). New subsection (2A) gives the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (“the Authority”) the power to charge for advice, reports or investigations it has been commissioned to carry out by the Secretary of State, the Welsh Ministers, the Scottish Ministers or a relevant Northern Ireland department.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as this Order itself has no impact on the private sector or civil society organisations. A full Impact Assessment has been produced in relation to the provisions of the Act, including provisions that are commenced by this Order, and a copy is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/health-and-social-care-bill-2011-combined-impact-assessments.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/81/note",
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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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