{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-prescribed-forms-scotland-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/743",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health (Prescribed Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-prescribed-forms-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MENTAL HEALTH\nMade 7th March 1996\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 1996\nComing into force 1st April 1996\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of those powers conferred on him by those sections of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 which are specified in Schedule 1 to these Regulations, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation in accordance with section 98(6) with such bodies as appear to him to be concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 (c. 36)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/743/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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