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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-services-trusts-establishment-orders-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/516",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Social Services Trusts (Establishment Orders) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-services-trusts-establishment-orders-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES\nCHILDREN\nMade 31st October 1996\nComing into operation 4th November 1996\nThe Department of Health and Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 10(1) of, and paragraphs 1 and 3A of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1); Article 10(1) was amended, and paragraph 3A was inserted, by S.I. 1994/429 (N.I. 2); paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 is cited for the definition of “an order”"
    }
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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."
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