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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-researchamendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2022/regulation-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2022/299",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Capacity (Research)(Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-capacity-researchamendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2022",
  "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) 2022 and shall come into operation on 21st December 2022.\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": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 1 in operation at 21.12.2022, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2019 No. 193 as amended by S.R. 2020 No.17"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2022/299/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:32:44.136554+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."
}