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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-safety-and-security-scotland-regulations-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2005/464",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health (Safety and Security) (Scotland) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-safety-and-security-scotland-regulations-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MENTAL HEALTH\nMade 26th September 2005\nComing into force 5th October 2005\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 286(1), (2) and (3) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and after having consulted such persons as they considered appropriate, hereby make the following Regulations, a draft of which has, in accordance with section 326(4)(c) of that Act, been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "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/2005/464/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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