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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/branded-health-service-medicines-costs-amendment-regulations-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/258",
  "legislation_title": "The Branded Health Service Medicines (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/branded-health-service-medicines-costs-amendment-regulations-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "National Health Service, England And Wales\nNational Health Service, Scotland\nHealth And Personal Social Services, Northern Ireland\nMade 9th March 2020\nLaid before Parliament 10th March 2020\nComing into force 1st April 2020\nThe Secretary of State for Health and Social Care makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 263(1)(c), (2) and (5A), 266(1) and (2), and 272(7) and (8) of the National Health Service Act 2006 and in accordance with section 266(4A) of that Act.\nThe Secretary of State has consulted in accordance with sections 263(1) and (1A) of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c. 41; section 263 was amended by the Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017 (c.23) (“the 2017 Act”), section 5 and 10(5). Section 266 was amended by the 2017 Act, section 6(5) to (9) and 7(6). See section 275(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006 for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” that are relevant to the powers being exercised."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/258/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."
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