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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-care-and-treatment-scotland-act-2003-code-of-practice-order-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2005/417",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Code of Practice) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-care-and-treatment-scotland-act-2003-code-of-practice-order-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MENTAL HEALTH\nMade 18th August 2005\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 24th August 2005\nComing into force 5th October 2005\nWhereas in pursuance of section 274(1) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”), the Scottish Ministers are under a duty to draw up, give effect to and publish a code of practice giving guidance to any person discharging functions under the Act;\nAnd whereas in pursuance of section 274(2) of the Act the Scottish Ministers consulted such persons as they thought fit and laid a draft of the code before the Scottish Parliament;\nNow therefore, the Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 274(3) of the Act, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 asp 13."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/417/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:24:38.315292+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."
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