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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-authorities-membership-and-procedure-amendment-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2991",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Amendment Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-authorities-membership-and-procedure-amendment-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 15th December 1997\nLaid before Parliament 16th December 1997\nComing into force 6th January 1998\nThe Secretary of State for Health, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 126(4) and 128(1) of, and paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 to, the National Health Service Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make 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); section 128(1) was amended by the 1990 Act, section 26(2) and is cited for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”; paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 was amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 9 and by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”), Schedule 1, paragraph 60(e). For the definition of “authority” used in paragraph 12 of Schedule 5, see paragraph 8 of Schedule 5; paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), section 1(7) and Schedule 1, paragraph 80(2), further amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 6, and further amended by the 1995 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 60(a)."
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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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