{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-authorities-act-1995-amendment-of-transitional-provisions-and-modification-of-references-order-1996/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/971",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Authorities Act 1995 (Amendment of Transitional Provisions and Modification of References) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-authorities-act-1995-amendment-of-transitional-provisions-and-modification-of-references-order-1996",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Health Authorities Act 1995 (Amendment of Transitional Provisions and Modification of References) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996, immediately before the coming into force of the principal Order.\n(2) In this Order, “the principal Order” means the Health Authorities Act 1995 (Transitional Provisions) Order 1996.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/709."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/971/article/1",
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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."
}