{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-mutual-recognition-regulations-2008/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-mutual-recognition-regulations-2008/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1204",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health (Mutual Recognition) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-mutual-recognition-regulations-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Mental Health, England And Wales\nMade 28th April 2008\nLaid before Parliament 7th May 2008\nLaid before the National Assembly for Wales 7th May 2008\nComing into force 3rd November 2008\nThe Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred by section 142A of the Mental Health Act 1983, make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c.20. Section 142A was inserted by section 17 of the Mental Health Act 2007 (c.12)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1204/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."
}