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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-authorities-membership-and-procedure-amendment-england-regulations-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1393",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Amendment (England) Regulations 2006",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND\nMade 24th May 2006\nLaid before Parliament 2nd June 2006\nComing into force 1st July 2006\nThe Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 126(4) of, and paragraphs 2 and 12 of Schedule 5 to, the National Health Service Act 1977:",
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  "version": "current",
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      "text": "1977 c. 49. Section 126(4) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 65(1) of, and paragraphs 4 and 37(1) and (6) of Schedule 4 to, the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”), section 67(1) of, and paragraphs 5(1) and (13)(b) of Schedule 5 to, the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15), sections 6(3)(c) and 37(1) of, and paragraphs 1 and 10(a) of Schedule 8 to, the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17) (“the 2002 Act”) and section 184 and 196 of, and paragraph 38 of Schedule 11 and Part 4 of Schedule 14 to, the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43) (“the 2003 Act”). Paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 was inserted by section 2(1) of, and paragraph 59 of Schedule 1 to, the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) and amended by paragraph 34(1) and (2)(a) of Schedule 1 to the 2002 Act. Paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 was amended by article 7 of S.I. 1985/39, section 1 of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to, the 1990 Act, and section 65(1) of, and paragraphs 4 and 39(1) and (4) of Schedule 4 to, the 1999 Act; there are other amendments to paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 which are not relevant to these Regulations. See section 128(1), as amended by sections 26(2)(g) and (i) of the 1990 Act, for the definitions of “prescribed” and “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 Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672 (“the 1999 Order”); for the reference to the National Health Service Act 1977, see the entry in Schedule 1 to the 1999 Order, as amended by section 66(4) and (5)(a) of the 1999 Act and section 196 of, and Part 4 of Schedule 14 to, the 2003 Act."
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