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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-patient-representation-prescribed-persons-scotland-regulations-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2004/388",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health (Patient Representation) (Prescribed Persons) (Scotland) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-patient-representation-prescribed-persons-scotland-regulations-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MENTAL HEALTH\nMade 8th September 2004\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 9th September 2004\nComing into force 1st October 2004\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 250(2), (4) and (7) and section 253(2), (5) and (6) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 asp 13; see section 329 for the definition of “regulations”."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/388/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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