{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/abortion-amendment-wales-regulations-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2008/1338",
  "legislation_title": "The Abortion (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/abortion-amendment-wales-regulations-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MEDICAL PROFESSION, WALES\nMade 21 May 2008\nLaid before the National Assembly for Wales 22 May 2008\nComing into force 17 June 2008\nThe Welsh Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Abortion Act 1967 hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1967 c. 87 (“the Act”). The functions under section 2 of the Act were transferred in relation to Wales to the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), and thereafter transferred to the Welsh Ministers in accordance with paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)."
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2008/1338/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."
}