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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-scotland-act-2015-commencement-no-3-order-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2017/126",
  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2017",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Mental Health\nMade 20th April 2017\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 21st April 2017\nComing into force 5th May 2017\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 61(2) of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2015 asp 9 (“the 2015 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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