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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007-commencement-no-7-and-transitional-provisions-order-2008/schedule/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1900",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007-commencement-no-7-and-transitional-provisions-order-2008",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“ASW” means an approved social worker as defined in section 145(1) of the 1983 Act immediately before the commencement day;\n“AMHP” means an approved mental health professional;\n“commencement day” means 3rd November 2008;\n“LSSA” means a local social services authority;\n“responsible clinician” means a responsible clinician as defined in section 34(1) in relation to Part 2 of the 1983 Act and in section 55(1) in relation to Part 3 of the 1983 Act;\n“RMO” means a responsible medical officer as defined in section 34(1) in relation to Part 2 of the 1983 Act and in section 55(1) in relation to Part 3 of the 1983 Act immediately before the commencement day;\n“RMP” means a registered medical practitioner;\n“the Approval Regulations” means the Mental Health (Approved Mental Health Professionals) (Approval) (England) Regulations 2008;\n“under 18 informal patient” means a person to whom section 56(5) of the 1983 Act applies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/1206."
    }
  ],
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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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