{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005-commencement-wales-order-2007/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2007/856",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Capacity Act 2005 (Commencement) (Wales) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005-commencement-wales-order-2007",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\n1 This Order commences sections 30 to 41 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c. 9) (“the Act”) in relation to Wales.\n2 Article 2 brings sections 30 to 34 of the Act into force on 1 October 2007 in respect of any research carried out as part of a project begun on or after 1 October 2007.\n3 Article 3 brings sections 30 to 34 into force on 1 July 2007 for the purpose of enabling research applications to be made to, and determined by, an appropriate body.\n4 Article 4 provides that where a research project begins before 1 October 2007 and is approved before that date, sections 30 to 34 do not come into force until 1 October 2008.\n5 Article 5 brings sections 35 to 41 into force on 1 October 2007.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/856/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:01:21.852143+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."
}