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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-after-care-under-supervision-regulations-1996/note",
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  "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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations enable specified functions of Health Authorities and local social services authorities under the Mental Health Act 1983 to be performed by other persons or bodies on their behalf (regulation 2). The functions relate to after-care under supervision introduced by the Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995. The Regulations also prescribe forms for use in connection with after-care under supervision (regulation 3 and Schedule 2).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/294/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:52:39.150962+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."
}