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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/residential-care-homes-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1192",
  "legislation_title": "The Residential Care Homes (Amendment) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/residential-care-homes-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES\nMade 11th July 1988\nLaid before Parliament 11th July 1988\nComing into force 1st August 1988\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 5(1), 8, 16(1) and (2) and 17(4) of the Registered Homes Act 1984 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 23."
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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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