{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-authorities-act-1995-transitional-provisions-order-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-authorities-act-1995-transitional-provisions-order-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/709",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Authorities Act 1995 (Transitional Provisions) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-authorities-act-1995-transitional-provisions-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 11th March 1996\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 1996\nComing into force 1st April 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Health, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of powers conferred by section 126(4) and (5) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and paragraphs 4, 7(1) (a), 13, 14, 16, 18, 19 and 20 of Schedule 2 to the Health Authorities Act 1995, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; section 126 was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 65(2). See also section 6(6) of the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1995 c. 17."
    }
  ],
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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."
}