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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-care-social-service-workers-scotland-order-2024/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2024/56",
  "legislation_title": "The Regulation of Care (Social Service Workers) (Scotland) Order 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-care-social-service-workers-scotland-order-2024",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Care\nMade 20th February 2024\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 22nd February 2024\nComing into force 3rd June 2024\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 44(1)(b) and 80(2) of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001, and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 44(4) of that Act, they have consulted with the Scottish Social Services Council and such other persons and groups of persons as they consider appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2001 asp 8 (“the Act”). Section 77(1) of the Act defines “prescribed” as meaning “prescribed by order made by the Scottish Ministers”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The Scottish Social Services Council was established by section 43 of the Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2024/56/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:41:37.812174+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}