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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/640",
  "legislation_title": "The Community Health Councils Regulations 1996",
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  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Advising on operation of the health service",
  "text": "It shall be the duty of each Council to keep under review the operation of the health service in its district, to make recommendations for the improvement of that service and to advise any relevant Health Authority upon such matters relating to the operation of the health service within its district as the Council thinks fit.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/657",
      "affecting_title": "The Community Health Councils (Amendment) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/2469",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (Supplementary, Consequential etc. Provisions) Regulations 2002"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}