{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-care-act-2022/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-care-act-2022/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2022/31",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Care Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-care-act-2022",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Duties in respect of research: business plan and annual report etc",
  "text": "(1) The National Health Service Act 2006 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 13L (duty in respect of research), after “functions,” insert “facilitate or otherwise”.\n(3) In section 13T (business plan), in subsection (2)(a), after “13G” insert “, 13L”.\n(4) In section 13U (annual report), in subsection (2)(c) (as amended by section 78(4) of this Act), at the appropriate place insert—\n“section 13L;”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 7 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 186(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 7 in force at 1.7.2022 by S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/31/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:56:41.503468+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."
}