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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-protection-national-health-service-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/638",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Protection (National Health Service) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-protection-national-health-service-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT\nMade 7th March 1996\nLaid before Parliament 7th March 1996\nComing into force 1st April 1996\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 18B(2)(b) of Schedule 13 to the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 44; Schedule 13 is amended, and paragraph 18B inserted by paragraph 103(3) of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17). See section 8(1) of that Act."
    }
  ],
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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."
}