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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-1986-order-amendment-no-2-order-northern-ireland-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2020/142",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health (1986 Order) (Amendment No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-1986-order-amendment-no-2-order-northern-ireland-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Mental Health\nMade 15th July 2020\nComing into operation 10th August 2020\nThe Department of Health, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 64(2) of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2016 c. 5 (N.I.), s1(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/595 (NI 4)"
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/142/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}