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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012-commencement-no3-transitional-savings-and-transitory-provisions-and-amendment-order-2012/article-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2657",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Commencement No.3, Transitional, Savings and Transitory Provisions and Amendment) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012-commencement-no3-transitional-savings-and-transitory-provisions-and-amendment-order-2012",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Transitory modification in respect of the commencement of section 78 of the Act (guidance)",
  "text": "Until the commencement of section 72 of the Act, section 78(1) of the Act is to be read as if “may” is substituted for “must”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2657/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:15:53.138074+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}