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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/16",
  "legislation_title": "General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Health And Personal Social Services\nMade 19th January 2009\nComing into operation 9th February 2009\nThe Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 26(2), 62, 95, 106 and 107(6) of, and paragraph 7(5) of Schedule 3 and paragraph 13 of Schedule 11 to, the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 and in conjunction with the Department of Finance and Personnel.\nIn accordance with Article 62(3) of that Order it has consulted with such organisations as appeared to the Department to be representative of medical practitioners practising as ophthalmic medical practitioners, and ophthalmic opticians.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See S.I. 1999/238 (N.I. 1) Article 3(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I 1972/1265 (N.I. 14); Article 62 was amended by Article 13 of S.I. 1978/1907 (N.I. 26) , Articles 3 and 17 of, and Schedules 1 and 6 to S.I. 1984/1158 (N.I. 8), Article 8 of S.I. 1988/2249 (N.I. 24), Articles 34 and 35 of, and Schedules 5 and 6 to S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1) and Article 41(4) of 2001 c. 3 and modified by regulation 24(2)(c) of S.R. 2004 No. 259"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Formerly Department of Finance: See S.I. 1982/338 (N.I. 6) Art. 3"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/16/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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