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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/9",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Capacity Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-act-2005",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Payment for necessary goods and services",
  "text": "(1) If necessary goods or services are supplied to a person who lacks capacity to contract for the supply, he must pay a reasonable price for them.\n(2) “Necessary” means suitable to a person's condition in life and to his actual requirements at the time when the goods or services are supplied.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/9/section/7",
    "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."
}