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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/489",
  "legislation_title": "The Ashworth, Broadmoor and Rampton Hospital Authorities (Functions and Membership) Regulations 1996",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 29th February 1996\nLaid before Parliament 1st March 1996\nComing into force 1st April 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 13, 16(2), 18(1), 126(1), and (4) of and paragraphs 10, 12 and 16 of Schedule 5 to the National Health Service Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
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  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; seesection 128(1) as amended by section 26(2)(g) and (i) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”) for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”; sections 12, 13 and 18(1) are amended by paragraphs 3, 4 and 9 respectively of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”); section 16(2) is substituted by paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act; section 126(3) is amended by paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act which also inserts section 126(3B); section 126(4) was amended by section 65(2) of the 1990 Act; paragraphs 10 and 12 of Schedule 5 are amended by paragraph 60 of the 1995 Act."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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