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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/90",
  "legislation_title": "The London Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1996",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the London Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 28th January 1996.\n(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the Act” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;\n“establishment date” means 28th January 1996;\n“operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act;\n“the trust” means the London Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.",
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  "version": "current",
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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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