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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-health-service-control-of-patient-information-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2002/0110398904",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-health-service-control-of-patient-information-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 64(3) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament\nNATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 2002\nComing into force 1st June 2002\nWhereas a draft of the following Regulations was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 64(3) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 and was approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 60(1) and 64(6), (7) and (8) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having consulted such bodies as appear to him to represent the interests of those likely to be affected by the Regulations in accordance with section 60(7) of that Act and having sought and had regard to the views of the Patient Information Advisory Group on the proposed Regulations in accordance with section 61(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2001 c. 15."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See S.I. 2001/2836."
    }
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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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