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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012/schedule-4/paragraph-139",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2012/7",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Social Care Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/139",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "139",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 276 (index of defined expressions) is amended as follows.\n(2) Omit the entry relating to “NHS body”.\n(3) After the entry for “LPS scheme” insert—\n“\nNHS constitution\nsection 1B(2)\n”\n(4) Omit the entry relating to “PCT order”.\n(5) After the entry relating to “provider, in relation to an NHS contract” insert—\n“\npublic health functions of the Secretary of State\nsection 1H(5)(a)\npublic health functions of local authorities\nsection 1H(5)(b)\n”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 139(1) in force at 1.10.2012 for specified purposes by S.I. 2012/1831, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 139(1) in force at 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 139(2) in force at 1.10.2012 by S.I. 2012/1831, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I4",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 139(3)-(5) in force at 1.4.2013 by S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/schedule/4/paragraph/139",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:58.603352+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}