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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/joint-consultative-committees-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2820",
  "legislation_title": "The Joint Consultative Committees Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/joint-consultative-committees-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 6th November 1996\nLaid before Parliament 8th November 1996\nComing into force—\nFor the purposes of article 7 29th November 1996\nFor all other purposes—\nas respects England 1st January 1997\nas respects Wales 1st April 1997\nThe Secretary of State for Health, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of powers conferred on them by sections 22(3A), (4) and (6) and 126 (3), (4) and (5) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with section 22(5) of that Act with such associations of local authorities as appear to them to be concerned, and with any local authority with whom consultation appears to them to be desirable, hereby make the following Order—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; subsections (3A) and (6) of section 22 were inserted, and subsection (4) was amended, by paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41); section 22 was also amended by paragraph 41 of Schedule 1 to the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48); subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) were further amended, and subsection (3ZA) was inserted, by paragraph 12(d) and (e) of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”); section 126(3) and (4) was amended, and section 126(5) was inserted, by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), and section 126(3) was further amended by paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act."
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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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