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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-health-councils-amendment-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2106",
  "legislation_title": "The Community Health Councils (Amendment) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-health-councils-amendment-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND\nMade 7th August 2002\nLaid before Parliament 9th August 2002\nComing into force 31st August 2002\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon on him by section 126(4) of, and paragraph 2(a) and (b) of Schedule 7 to, the National Health Service Act 1977, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; section 126(4) was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 65(2) and by the 1999 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 37(6); paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 was amended by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48), Schedule 3, paragraph 15, by the 1990 Act, Schedule 9, paragraph 17(3), by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”), Schedule 1, paragraph 62(a), and by the 1999 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 40); see section 128(1), as amended by the 1990 Act, section 26(2)(g) and (i), for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. The functions of the Secretary of State under these provisions are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2(a) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672, as amended by section 66(5) of the 1999 Act."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2106/introduction",
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  "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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