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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007-commencement-no-2-order-2007/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2635",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007-commencement-no-2-order-2007",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order is the second commencement order made under the Mental Health Act 2007 and brings into force section 51 of that Act in relation to England and Wales. Section 51 makes a minor amendment to section 20(11)(a) of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. It replaces the word “or” with “and”.\nThe Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 1) Order (2007/2156) brought provisions of the Act into force as follows –\nProvision\nDate of commencement\nApplication\nSection 45\n24.07.2007\nEngland and Wales\nThis Order brings section 51 into force on 1 October 2007.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2635/note",
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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."
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