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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007-commencement-no9-order-2008/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2788",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No.9) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-act-2007-commencement-no9-order-2008",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement of provisions",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Mental Health Act 2007 shall come into force on 28th October 2008—\n(a) section 39 (cross-border arrangements) insofar as it gives effect to Schedule 5 and is not already in force;\n(b) section 55 (repeals and revocations) insofar as it gives effect to Part 7 of Schedule 11.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2788/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:22:57.717926+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}