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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-professions-wales-establishment-membership-constitution-and-functions-order-2004/article-4",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2004/551",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Professions Wales (Establishment, Membership, Constitution and Functions) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-professions-wales-establishment-membership-constitution-and-functions-order-2004",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Limited functions before operational date",
  "text": "Between its establishment date and its operational date HPW shall have the functions —\n(a) of entering into contracts including contracts of employment; and\n(b) of doing such other things as are reasonably necessary to enable it to begin to operate satisfactorily with effect from its operational date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/551/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:09:20.261481+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}