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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-2016-act-commencement-no1-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2020/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2020/246",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Capacity (2016 Act) (Commencement No.1) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020",
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  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Mental Capacity (2016 Act) (Commencement No.1) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020.\n(2) In this Order “the principal Order” means the Mental Capacity (2016 Act) (Commencement No.1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2019 No. 163 (C. 5) as amended by S.R.2019 No. 190 (C.6)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/246/article/1",
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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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