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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2008-commencement-no2-order-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2497",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No.2) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2008-commencement-no2-order-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Health Care And Associated Professions\nHearing Aid Council\nNational Health Service, England\nPublic Health, England\nSocial Care\nMade 19th September 2008\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. In accordance with section 172(1) of that Act he has consulted the Scottish Ministers.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2008 c. 14. See section 171(2) of that Act for the definition of “appropriate authority”."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2497/introduction",
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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."
}