{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-after-care-under-supervision-regulations-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-after-care-under-supervision-regulations-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/294",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health (After-care under Supervision) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-after-care-under-supervision-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MENTAL HEALTH\nNATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 14th February 1996\nLaid before Parliament 15th February 1996\nComing into force 1st April 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on him by section 16(1) of the National Health Service Act 1977, and sections 32(1), (2) and (3) of the Mental Health Act 1983 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 (c. 49); see for the definition of “regulations” and “prescribed” section 128(1); section 16(1) was substituted by paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1983 (c. 20); section 32(2) is amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995 (c. 52) (“the MH 1995 Act”); section 32(3) has been amended by paragraph 24(5) of Schedule 9 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), paragraph 107(4) of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17); see also paragraph 107(14) of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 and section 1(1) of and paragraph 15(4) of Schedule 1 to the MH 1995 Act."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/294/introduction",
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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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