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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012-consequential-provisionsocial-workers-order-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1479",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential Provision—Social Workers) Order 2012",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Health Care And Associated Professions\nSocial Workers\nMade 18th June 2012\nLaid before Parliament 20th June 2012\nComing into force in accordance with article 1(2)\nThe Secretary of State for Health makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 303(1) and (2) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.\nBefore doing so, in accordance with section 303(4) of that Act, the Secretary of State for Health has consulted the Scottish Ministers.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2012 c. 7."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1479/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."
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