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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-dental-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/334",
  "legislation_title": "The General Dental Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-dental-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Health And Personal Social Services\nMade 16th September 2016\nComing into operation 10th October 2016\nThe Department of Health, in conjunction with the Department of Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 55A(1)(a), 61(1) and (2), 106 and 107(6) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 makes the following Regulations:\nIn accordance with Article 61(4) of that Order, the Department has consulted with such organisations as appear to be representative of the dental profession.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See 2016 c. 5 (N.I.) Section 1(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14); relevant amending Instruments are Article 13 of S.I. 1978/1907 (N.I. 26), Articles 30, 34, 35 of, and Part 1 of Schedule 5 to, and Part 1 of Schedule 6 to, S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1) and S.I. 1997/1177 (N.I. 7)"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/334/introduction",
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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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