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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007-commencement-no10-and-transitional-provisions-order-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/139",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No.10 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2009",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Mental Health, England And Wales\nMade 29th January 2009\nLaid before Parliament 4th February 2009\nComing into force 1st April 2009\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (4) of the Mental Health Act 2007, and with the agreement of the Welsh Ministers, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2007 c.12."
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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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