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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-act-2000/schedule-1/paragraph-44",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/36",
  "legislation_title": "Freedom of Information Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-act-2000",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/44",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Any person providing general medical services, general dental services, general ophthalmic services or pharmaceutical services under the National Health Service Act 2006 or the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, or providing both general ophthalmic services and other ophthalmic services in accordance with arrangements made with a Local Health Board in Wales under the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006, in respect of information relating to the provision of those services.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 44 repealed (17.1.2005 for E., 1.4.2006 for W. for certain purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), ss. 196, 199, Sch. 14 Pt. 4; S.I. 2005/38, art. 2(d)(i) (with art. 3); S.I. 2005/2925, arts. 1(3), 11; S.I. 2006/345, art. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 44 substituted (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), ss. 2, 5, 8, Sch. 1 para. 211(k) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 44 inserted (20.10.2023) by The National Health Service (Ophthalmic Services) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1053), reg. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
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      "affecting": "ukpga/2025/28",
      "affecting_title": "Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "ukpga/2021/10",
      "affecting_title": "Trade Act 2021"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/31",
      "affecting_title": "Health and Care Act 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nia/2026/9",
      "affecting_title": "Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Act (Northern Ireland) 2026"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/schedule/1/paragraph/44",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:36.241606+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."
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