{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005-commencement-no-1england-and-wales-order-2007/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/563",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (Commencement No. 1)(England and Wales) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005-commencement-no-1england-and-wales-order-2007",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and application",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (Commencement No. 1) (England and Wales) Order 2007.\n(2) Article 2(1), 2(3) and 2(4)(a) and (c) of this Order apply in relation to England and Wales.\n(3) Articles 2(2) and 2(4)(b) of this Order apply in relation to England.\n(4) In this Order “the Act” means the Mental Capacity Act 2005.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/563/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:03:30.074108+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."
}