{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-1986-order-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2021/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2021/8",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health (1986 Order) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-1986-order-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2021",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Mental Health\nMade 15th January 2021\nComing into operation 18th January 2021\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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2021/8/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:40:35.686770+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."
}