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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ashworth-hospital-authority-abolition-order-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/559",
  "legislation_title": "The Ashworth Hospital Authority (Abolition) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ashworth-hospital-authority-abolition-order-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 10th March 2002\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 2002\nComing into force 1st April 2002\nThe Secretary of State for Health in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 11 and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having consulted bodies representing officers of the Ashworth Hospital Authority as required by section 11(5) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; section 11 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), Schedule 1, paragraph 31; by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), Schedule 10; by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”), Schedule 1, paragraph 2 and by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”) Schedule 4, paragraph 6; section 126(3) was amended by the 1990 Act, section 65(2) and by the 1995 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 57; section 126(4) was amended by the 1990 Act, section 65(2) and by the 1999 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 37(6)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/559/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."
}