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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2008-commencement-no-18-order-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/159",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No. 18) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2008-commencement-no-18-order-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "National Health Service, England\nMade 28th January 2013\nThe Secretary of State for Health makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 170(3) and (4) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2008 c.14. Section 171(2) of that Act contains a definition of “appropriate authority”, which is relevant to the powers being exercised."
    }
  ],
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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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