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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012/schedule-16/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2012/7",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Social Care Act 2012",
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  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) NICE may appoint such committees and sub-committees as it considers appropriate.\n(2) A committee or sub-committee may consist of or include persons who are not members or employees of NICE.\n(3) NICE may pay such remuneration and allowances as it may determine to any person who—\n(a) is a member of a committee or sub-committee, but\n(b) is not an employee of NICE,\nwhether or not that person is a non-executive member of NICE.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 7 in force at 1.4.2013 by S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)"
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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."
}