{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2001/section-66",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2001/15",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Social Care Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2001",
  "path": "section/66",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "66",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act (unless the context otherwise requires)—\n...\n“the 1990 Act” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19);\n...\n“regulations” means regulations made by the relevant authority;\n“the relevant authority” means—\n(a)in relation to England, the Secretary of State,\n(b)in relation to Wales, the National Assembly for Wales, and\n(c)in relation to Scotland (in connection with regulations under section 50), the Scottish Ministers.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 66 omitted (1.3.2007) by virtue of National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 1 para. 217 (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/15/section/66",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:03.714560+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."
}