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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-health-and-social-care-information-standards-procedure-regulations-2025/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2025/9780348270587",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Social Care Information Standards (Procedure) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-health-and-social-care-information-standards-procedure-regulations-2025",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 304(5)(ja) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nNATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND\nSOCIAL CARE, ENGLAND\nPUBLIC HEALTH, ENGLAND\nMade ***\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)\nThe Secretary of State for Health and Social Care makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 251(1) and 304(9) and (10) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.\nIn accordance with section 251(2) of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.\nIn accordance with section 304(5)(ja) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2012 c. 7. Section 251 was substituted by section 95(3) of the Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31). Section 95 came into force on the 7th July 2025."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 304(5)(ja) was inserted by section 95(5) of the Health and Care Act 2022 which came into force on 7th July 2025."
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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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