{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-authorities-wales-establishment-order-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-authorities-wales-establishment-order-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/146",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Authorities (Wales) Establishment Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-authorities-wales-establishment-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ENGLAND AND WALES\nWALES\nMade 28th January 1996\nLaid before Parliament 31st January 1996\nComing into force 1st April 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 8 and 126(4) and (5) of the National Health Service Act 1977, section 25(1) and (2) of the Welsh Language Act 1993 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 is substituted by section 1(1) of the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17). Section 126(4) is amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) “(the 1990 Act)”. Section 126(5) is added by section 65(2) of the 1990 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1993 c. 38."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/146/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."
}