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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/boards-for-special-hospitals-abolition-order-1989/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/947",
  "legislation_title": "The Boards for Special Hospitals (Abolition) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/boards-for-special-hospitals-abolition-order-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 8th June 1989\nLaid before Parliament 9th June 1989\nComing into force 1st October 1989\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by section 11 and 126(3) and (4) of 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 the Health Services 1980 Act (c.53), Schedule 1, paragraph 31."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/947/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."
}