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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/introduction",
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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": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Healthcare And Associated Professions\nNational Health Service\nSocial Care\nMade 22nd October 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": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2012 c. 7."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Consultation with Scottish Ministers is required by section 307(1)(i) to (l) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7) (“the Act”) by virtue of the commencement of sections 228 and 229 of, and Part 3 of Schedule 15 to, the Act in article 2(3) of this Order and paragraph 2 of Schedule 21 to the Act, and section 297 so far as relating to that paragraph, in article 2(4) of this Order."
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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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