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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2012/7",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Social Care Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2012",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "The Secretary of State's duty as to research",
  "text": "After section 1D of the National Health Service Act 2006 insert—\n“Duty as to research\n1E In exercising functions in relation to the health service, the Secretary of State must promote—\n(a) research on matters relevant to the health service, and\n(b) the use in the health service of evidence obtained from research.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 6 in force at 1.4.2013 by S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/section/6",
    "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."
}