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  "legislation_title": "Health and Social Care (National Data Guardian) Act 2018",
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  "number": "20",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "“Financial year” means—\n(a) the period beginning with the day on which the first person is appointed under section 1 and ending with the following 31 March, and\n(b) each successive period of 12 months.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 20 in force at 1.4.2019 by S.I. 2019/580, reg. 2"
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