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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-review-tribunals-regions-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/510",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health Review Tribunals (Regions) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-review-tribunals-regions-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MENTAL HEALTH\nMade 4th March 1996\nLaid before Parliament 6th March 1996\nComing into force 1st April 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by section 65(1B) and (1C) of the Mental Health Act 1983 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 20; section 65 was amended by paragraph 107(6) of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”). See section 143(2) as amended by section 27(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53) and paragraph 107(13) of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act. See also section 8(1) of the 1995 Act."
    }
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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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