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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-authorities-membership-and-procedure-amendment-england-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/556",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Amendment (England) Regulations 2002",
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  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND\nMade 11th March 2002\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 2002\nComing into force 1st April 2002\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 126(4) and 128(1) of, and paragraphs 2, 3 and 12 of Schedule 5 to, the National Health Service Act 1977, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; section 126(4) was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 65(2), by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”), Schedule 4, paragraph 37(6) and by the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15), Schedule 5, paragraph 13(b); see section 128(1), as amended by section 26(2)(i) and (g) of the 1990 Act, for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”; paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 5 were inserted by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), Schedule 1, paragraph 59; there are amendments to paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 which are not relevant to these Regulations. The functions of the Secretary of State under these provisions are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2(a) of, and the entry for the 1977 Act in Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672, as amended by section 66(5) of the 1999 Act and by section 69 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15)."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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