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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-order-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/433",
  "legislation_title": "The General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-order-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND\nMade 23rd February 2004\nLaid before Parliament 25th February 2004\nComing into force 17th March 2004\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 176, 195, 200 and 201 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 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": "2003 c. 43. The powers conferred by sections 176, 200 and 201 are conferred on the appropriate authority. See sections 176(6), 200(2) and 201(2) which provide that, in relation to England, the appropriate authority is the Secretary of State."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/433/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."
}