{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dartford-and-gravesham-national-health-service-trust-establishment-amendment-order-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2375",
  "legislation_title": "The Dartford and Gravesham National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dartford-and-gravesham-national-health-service-trust-establishment-amendment-order-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "National Health Service, England\nMade 19th September 2013\nComing into force 30th September 2013\nThe Secretary of State for Health makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25(1), 272(7) and (8) and 273(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006.\nIn accordance with section 25(3) of that Act, the prescribed consultation has been completed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c.41. Section 179(2) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7) (“the 2012 Act”) provides for the repeal of section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”) (subsection (4) of which gives Schedule 4 effect) but this provision is not yet in force."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2010/743, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order. The prescribed consultation under regulation 2(2) is consultation by the Secretary of State with that NHS trust. Such consultation has taken place in respect of articles 2(c), 4 and 5 as those changes are not as a result of the final report published under section 65I(3) of the 2006 Act in relation to South London Healthcare National Health Service Trust and found at www.gov.uk/government/publications/final-report-by-trust-special-administrator-at-south-london-healthcare-nhs-trust ."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2375/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:40:43.051212+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}