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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012/schedule-21/paragraph-6",
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  "legislation_title": "Health and Social Care Act 2012",
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  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 9 (NHS contracts), in subsection (4)—\n(a) after paragraph (f) insert—\n“(fa) a Special Health Board constituted under that section,”, and\n(b) after paragraph (n) insert—\n“(na) the Scottish Ministers,\n(nb) Healthcare Improvement Scotland,”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 21 para. 6 in force at 1.2.2013 by S.I. 2012/2657, art. 2(4)"
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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