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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-health-councils-regulations-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/640",
  "legislation_title": "The Community Health Councils Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-health-councils-regulations-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations supersede the Community Health Councils Regulations 1985.\nThey make provision in connection with the establishment by the Secretary of State of Community Health Councils, and provide for their membership (regulations 2 to 9), proceedings (regulations 10 to 12, and Schedule), staff (regulation 13), premises (regulation 14), expenses (regulation 15) and functions (regulations 16—21).\nThese Regulations also make transitional provisions in relation to the membership of Community Health Councils (regulation 22), and revoke the Regulations which they replace, as well as the amending instruments (regulation 23).",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/640/note",
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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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