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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/residential-family-centres-wales-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2003/781",
  "legislation_title": "The Residential Family Centres (Wales) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/residential-family-centres-wales-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, WALES\nSOCIAL CARE, WALES\nMade 18th March 2003\nComing into force 1st September 2003\nThe National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by sections 4(6), 16(3), 22(1), (2)(a) to (d) and (f) to (j), (5)(a) and (c), (7)(a) to (j), 25(1), 34(1), 35(1), and 118(5) to (7) of the Care Standards Act 2000 and having consulted such persons as it considers appropriate hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 14. The powers are exercisable by the appropriate Minister, who is defined in section 121(1) of the 2000 Act, in relation to Wales, as the National Assembly for Wales and, in relation to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, as the Secretary of State. “Prescribed” and “regulations” are defined in section 121(1) of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 22(9) of the 2000 Act for the requirement to consult."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2003/781/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."
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