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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012-commencement-no1-and-transitory-provision-order-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1319",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Commencement No.1 and Transitory Provision) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012-commencement-no1-and-transitory-provision-order-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Health Care And Associated Professions\nLicensing (liquor)\nMental Health, England And Wales\nNational Health Service\nSocial Care, England\nMade 17th May 2012\nThe Secretary of State for Health makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 304(10) and 306 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.\nIn accordance with section 307 of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted the Scottish Ministers.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2012 c.7."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Consultation with Scottish Ministers is required by section 307(1)(h) and (k) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7) (“the Act”) by virtue of the commencement of section 227 of the Act in article 2(3) of this Order, and the commencement of section 230(1) of, and Part 2 of Schedule 15 to, the Act in article 2(4) of this Order."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1319/introduction",
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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."
}