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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-amendment-act-1982/schedule-3/paragraph-59",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/51",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-amendment-act-1982",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/59",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 14(4)—\n(a) after “1959” there shall be inserted the words “ or an interim hospital order under section 31 of the Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982 ” ;\n(b) for the words “severe subnormality” there shall be substituted the words “ severe mental impairment ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/51/schedule/3/paragraph/59",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:10:46.167406+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."
}