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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-boards-membership-and-procedure-no2-regulations-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/809",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Boards (Membership and Procedure) (No.2) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-boards-membership-and-procedure-no2-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND\nMade 22nd March 1991\nLaid before Parliament 25th March 1991\nComing into force\nFor the purposes of regulation 12(c) 31st March 1991\nFor all other purposes 1st April 1091\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2(10), 105(7) and 108(1) of, and by paragraphs 2A, 4 and 11 of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, as read with Article 5 of, and Part I of the Schedule to, the Health Education Board for Scoland Order 1990, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 29; section 105(7), which was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) (“the 1980 Act”), Schedule 6, paragraph 5(1)(a) and Schedule 7 and by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41) (“the 1983 Act”), Schedule 9, paragraph 24, contains provisions relevant to the excercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made; section 108(1) contains definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” relevant to the excercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made; paragraph 2A of Schedule 1 was inserted by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), Schedule 5, paragraph 2; paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 was amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 3; and paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 was amended by the 1980 Act, Schedule 6, paragraph 7 and Schedule 7 and by the 1990 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 7."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1990/2639."
    }
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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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