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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/branded-health-service-medicines-costs-amendment-regulations-2025/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2025/667",
  "legislation_title": "The Branded Health Service Medicines (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/branded-health-service-medicines-costs-amendment-regulations-2025",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nNATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND\nHEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES, NORTHERN IRELAND\nMade 9th June 2025\nLaid before Parliament 10th June 2025\nComing into force 1st July 2025\nThe Secretary of State for Health and Social Care makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 263(1)(b) and (c), (2) and (5), 264(1) and (3), 264A(2), (4) and (7), 266(1) and 272(7)(a) and (b) and (8) of the National Health Service Act 2006 having had regard to the matters specified in section 266(3), (4) and (4A) of that Act.\nThe Secretary of State has consulted in accordance with sections 263(1) and (1A), 264(1) and 264C(1) of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c. 41. Section 263 was amended by the Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017 (c. 23) (“the 2017 Act”), sections 5 and 10(5). Section 264 was amended by the 2017 Act, section 10(6). Sections 264A and 264C were added by the 2017 Act, section 8. Section 266 was amended by the 2017 Act, sections 6(5) to (9) and 7(6). See section 275(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006 for definition of “regulations” that is relevant to the powers being exercised."
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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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