{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-northern-ireland-amendment-order-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2020/46",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-northern-ireland-amendment-order-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Mental Health\nMade 25th March 2020\nComing into operation 30th March 2020\nThe Department of Health, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 64(2) of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2016 c. 5 (NI), s1(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/595 (NI 4)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/46/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."
}