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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/residential-establishments-child-care-scotland-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3256",
  "legislation_title": "The Residential Establishments – Child Care (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/residential-establishments-child-care-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "RESIDENTIAL AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS, SCOTLAND\nMade 18th December 1996\nLaid before Parliament 31st December 1996\nComing into force 1st April 1997\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 5(2) and 60(1) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 49; section 5(2) was amended by the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 28), Schedule 3, paragraph 9, the Children Act 1989 (c. 41), Schedule 13, paragraph 19, and the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), s.51; section 60(1) was amended by the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 24), Schedule 16, paragraph 29(i) and the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), section 8(3)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3256/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."
}