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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-public-involvement-in-health-act-2007/section-215",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/28",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-public-involvement-in-health-act-2007",
  "path": "section/215",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "215",
  "heading": "Exemptions from orders",
  "text": "(1) The appropriate authority may give a direction exempting—\n(a) a particular entity, or entities of a particular description, or\n(b) the trustees of a particular trust, or of trusts of a particular description,\nfrom an order under section 212 or specified provisions of such an order.\n(2) A direction under this section may provide for an exemption to have effect—\n(a) for a specified period; or\n(b) subject to specified conditions.\n(3) A direction under this section may be varied or revoked by a subsequent direction of the appropriate authority.\n(4) In this section “the appropriate authority” means—\n(a) in relation to an order made by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State;\n(b) in relation to an order made by the Welsh Ministers, the Welsh Ministers.\n(5) In this section—\n“entity” has the same meaning as in section 212;\n“specified” means specified by the direction.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 215 in force at 30.12.2007, see s. 245(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/28/section/215",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:26.064223+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."
}