{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/horizon-national-health-service-trust-establishment-amendment-order-1997/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/horizon-national-health-service-trust-establishment-amendment-order-1997/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1376",
  "legislation_title": "The Horizon National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/horizon-national-health-service-trust-establishment-amendment-order-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 30th May 1997\nComing into force 11th June 1997\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1997 and section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having completed the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of that latter Act hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; section 126(3) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1990 c. 19."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See S.I. 1996/653, regulation 2(4)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1376/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."
}