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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-research-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/regulation-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2020/17",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Capacity (Research) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-research-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2020",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mental Capacity (Research) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 and shall come into operation on 3rd February 2020.\n(2) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016; and\n“the principal Regulations” means the Mental Capacity (Research) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2019 No. 193"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/17/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:44:49.589506+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."
}