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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-health-records-act-1990/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-health-records-act-1990/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1990/23",
  "legislation_title": "Access to Health Records Act 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-health-records-act-1990",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement, and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Access to Health Records Act 1990.\n(2) This Act shall come into force on 1st November 1991.\n(3) This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/23/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:43:08.567288+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."
}