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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-services-and-public-health-act-1968/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/46",
  "legislation_title": "Health Services and Public Health Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-services-and-public-health-act-1968",
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  "kind": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to amend the National Health Service Act 1946 and the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947 and make other amendments connected with the national health service; to make amendments connected with local authorities’ services under the National Assistance Act 1948; to amend the law relating to notifiable diseases and food poisoning; to amend the Nurseries and Child-Minders Regulation Act 1948; to amend the law relating to food and drugs; to enable assistance to be given to certain voluntary organisations; to enable the Minister of Health and Secretary of State to purchase goods for supply to certain authorities; to make other amendments in the law relating to the public health; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.\n[26th July 1968]",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act: transfer of powers (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Act not in force at Royal Assent see s. 79(2); Act wholly in force at 18. 3. 1974 see S.I. 1974/317."
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "The text of ss. 44–46, 77 and 79 was taken from S.I.F. Group 81:3 (Local Government: Social Services); ss. 47-50, 52-66, 70-79 and Schs. 3,4 appeared in S.I.F. Group 100:3; provisions omitted from S.I.F have been dealt with as referred to in other commentary."
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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."
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