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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007-commencement-no10-and-transitional-provisions-order-2009/schedule/paragraph-3",
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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": "schedule/paragraph/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Urgent authorisations",
  "text": "Where a managing authority decides to give an urgent authorisation under paragraph 76 of Schedule A1 to the 2005 Act on or before the 30th April 2009, sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 78 (terms of authorisation) of Schedule A1 to the 2005 Act shall apply as if that sub-paragraph read—\n“(2) That period must not exceed 21 days.”",
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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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