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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/durham-county-priority-services-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/829",
  "legislation_title": "The Durham County Priority Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1998",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 19th March 1998\nComing into force 1st April 1998\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5(1) of, and paragraphs 1, 3 and 6(2)(d) of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having completed the consultation prescribed by section 5(2) of that Act, and considering it appropriate to include, among the functions of the NHS trust established by this Order, certain functions in relation to the provision of services by the trust for Health Authorities or Special Health Authorities, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 19; paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 is cited for the definition of “an order”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 5 was amended by paragraph 69 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17); see S.I. 1996/653."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 5(6) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19)."
    }
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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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