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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/self-directed-support-direct-payments-scotland-amendment-regulations-2015/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2015/319",
  "legislation_title": "The Self-directed Support (Direct Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/self-directed-support-direct-payments-scotland-amendment-regulations-2015",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Self-directed Support (Direct Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (“the principal Regulations”), which make further provision about direct payments under the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013.\nThey insert a new Part 6 into the principal Regulations in order to enable East Renfrewshire Council and Moray Council to make direct payments to persons for residential accommodation for a period of more than four consecutive weeks in any period of 12 months.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/319/note",
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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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