{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-medicines-act-1988-commencement-no8-order-1989/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-medicines-act-1988-commencement-no8-order-1989/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1984",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Medicines Act 1988 (Commencement No.8) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-medicines-act-1988-commencement-no8-order-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nNATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND\nMade 30th October 1989\nThe Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 26(1) of the Health and Medicines Act 1988() 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": "1988 c. 49"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1984/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:35:43.318951+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."
}