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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012-commencement-no-6-order-2013/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2896",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012-commencement-no-6-order-2013",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force provisions of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7) (“the Act”). It is the sixth such Order to be made under the Act. It commences provisions relating to Monitor’s regulatory functions in relation to the licensing of health service providers and the prices payable by commissioners for NHS services.\nArticle 2 brings into force sections 116, 117 (in part) and 127 of the Act on 1st December 2013, which together make provision for the national tariff, and the correction of mistakes in relation to the national tariff. It also brings into force section 104 (in part) which relates to Monitor’s powers to require documents and information for the purpose of its regulatory functions.\nArticle 2 also brings into force sections 85 and 86 of the Act on 1st January 2014, which provide for applications to be made to Monitor for a licence under Chapter 3 of Part 3 of the Act, and for Monitor to set and publish the criteria that must be met by a person in order to be granted such a licence.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as this Order itself has no impact on the private sector or civil society organisations. A full Impact Assessment has been produced in relation to the provisions of the Act, including provisions that are commenced by this Order, and a copy is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/health-and-social-care-bill-2011-combined-impact-assessments.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2896/note",
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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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