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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-act-1999-commencement-no-3-order-1999/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2540",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Act 1999 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-act-1999-commencement-no-3-order-1999",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed days",
  "text": "(1) 1st October 1999 is the day appointed for the coming into force of—\n(a) each provision of the Act specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order; and\n(b) sections 42 to 44 of the Act.\n(2) 4th January 2000 is the day appointed for the coming into force of paragraph 16, and paragraph 4 in so far as it relates to that paragraph, of Schedule 4 to the Act and section 65(1) of the Act in so far as it relates to those paragraphs.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2540/article/2",
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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."
}