{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-authorities-england-establishment-order-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-authorities-england-establishment-order-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/624",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Authorities (England) Establishment Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-authorities-england-establishment-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 6th March 1996\nLaid before Parliament 7th March 1996\nComing into force 1st April 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 8(1), (2) and (3) and 126(4) and (5) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49. Section 8 was substituted by section 1(1) of the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17). Section 126 was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 65(2), and the Health Authorities Act 1995, paragraph 57 of Schedule 1."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/624/introduction",
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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."
}