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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983/part-II",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1983/20",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Health Act 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-1983",
  "path": "part/II",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": "Compulsory Admission to Hospital and Guardianship",
  "text": null,
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. II (ss. 2–34) modified by Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 36, SIF 85), ss. 17(2), 78(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Part II (ss. 2-34) modified (E.W.) (1.1.1992) by Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991 (c. 25, SIF 39:1), s. 5(1), Sch. 1 para.3 (with saving in s. 8); S.I. 1991/2488, art. 2"
    }
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      "affecting": "ukpga/2025/33",
      "affecting_title": "Mental Health Act 2025"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:09:24.002453+00:00"
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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."
}