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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005/schedule-AA1/paragraph-37",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/9",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Capacity Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005",
  "path": "schedule/AA1/paragraph/37",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The responsible body may vary an authorisation if the responsible body is satisfied—\n(a) that consultation under paragraph 23 has been carried out, and\n(b) that it is reasonable to make the variation.",
  "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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    "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."
}