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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-hospital-and-guardianship-welsh-forms-regulations-1971/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1971/178",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health (Hospital and Guardianship) (Welsh Forms) Regulations 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-hospital-and-guardianship-welsh-forms-regulations-1971",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MENTAL HEALTH\nMade 21st January 1971\nLaid before Parliament 10th February 1971\nComing into Operation 1st April 1971\nThe Secretary of State for Wales in exercise of his powers under section 56 of the Mental Health Act 1959 as extended by section 2(2) of the Welsh Language Act 1967 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1971/178/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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