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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/authorities-for-the-ashworth-broadmoor-and-rampton-hospitals-establishment-and-constitution-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/488",
  "legislation_title": "The Authorities for the Ashworth, Broadmoor and Rampton Hospitals (Establishment and Constitution) Order 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 11(1), (2) and (4), 126(4) and paragraph 9(7)(b) of Schedule 5 to the National Health Service Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, 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 paragraph 31 of Schedule 1 to the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), Schedule 10 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”) and paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17); section 126(5) was amended by section 65(2) of the 1990 Act and paragraph 9(7) was inserted into Schedule 5 by paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 1 to the 1990 Act."
    }
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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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