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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-care-social-service-workers-scotland-order-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2004/268",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation of Care (Social Service Workers) (Scotland) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-care-social-service-workers-scotland-order-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL CARE\nMade 7th June 2004\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 8th June 2004\nComing into force 1st August 2004\nThe Scottish Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 44(1)(b) of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and after consultation with the Scottish Social Services Council and such other persons and groups of persons as they consider appropriate in accordance with section 44(4) of that Act, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2001 asp 8 (“the 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."
}