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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-1986-order-commencement-no-5-order-northern-ireland-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/349",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health (1986 Order) (Commencement No. 5) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-1986-order-commencement-no-5-order-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Mental Health Services\nMade 20th September 2012\nThe Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 1(2) of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.1) Article 3(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/595 (N.I.4)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/349/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."
}