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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012-commencement-no4-transitional-savings-and-transitory-provisions-order-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/160",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Commencement No.4, Transitional, Savings and Transitory Provisions) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012-commencement-no4-transitional-savings-and-transitory-provisions-order-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "National Health Service\nMental Health, England And Wales\nMade 28th January 2013\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)(a), (b) and (l) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7) (“the 2012 Act”) by virtue of the commencement of sections 58 and 60 of, and paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of Schedule 21 to, the 2012 Act, and section 297 so far as relating to those paragraphs, in article 2(2) of this Order."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/160/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."
}