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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-public-services-ombudsman-act-2002-consequential-provisions-and-modifications-order-2004/article-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1823",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-public-services-ombudsman-act-2002-consequential-provisions-and-modifications-order-2004",
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  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20)",
  "text": "In section 134(3)(c) of the Mental Health Act 1983 (correspondence of patients)(), after “the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration,” insert “the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman,”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 134(3)(c) was extended by S.I. 1999/1351 and amended by the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38), section 125 and Schedule 12, paragraph 22."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1823/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:22:35.711370+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."
}