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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005/schedule-AA1/paragraph-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005/schedule-AA1/paragraph-28.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/9",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Capacity Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005",
  "path": "schedule/AA1/paragraph/28",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) An authorisation has effect from the time at which the responsible body gives the authorisation, unless at that time the responsible body specifies a later time.\n(2) The time specified must not be later than the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the responsible body gives the authorisation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. AA1 inserted (16.5.2019 but only for the purpose of enabling the exercise of any power to make regulations and otherwise prosp.) by Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 (c. 18), s. 6(3), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/9/schedule/AA1/paragraph/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:24.228713+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."
}