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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-act-1983/schedule-5/paragraph-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-act-1983/schedule-5/paragraph-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1983/54",
  "legislation_title": "Medical Act 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-act-1983",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the National Health Service Act 1977—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 16(a) repealed (1.4.2004) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), s. 199(1)(4), Sch. 14 Pt. 4; S.I. 2004/288, art. 6(2)(f) (as amended by S.I. 2004/866 and S.I. 2005/2925); S.I. 2004/480, art. 5(2)(f) (as amended by S.I. 2004/1019 and S.I. 2006/345)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 16(b) repealed (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 Pt. 1 Sch. 3 Pt. 1)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/54/schedule/5/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:04:57.676542+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."
}