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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1548",
  "legislation_title": "The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Children And Young Persons, England And Wales\nProtection Of Vulnerable Adults, England And Wales\nMade 22nd June 2009\nLaid before Parliament 26th June 2009\nComing into force 12th October 2009\nThe Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 59(1)(g) and 60(1) of, and paragraphs 2(1)(f) and 7(1)(f) of Schedule 4 to, the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.\nIn accordance with section 56(3)(n) and (r) of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted the Welsh Ministers.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 60(1) is cited because of the meaning it gives to “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2006 c.47."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1548/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."
}