{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medway-national-health-service-trust-establishment-amendment-order-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/11",
  "legislation_title": "The Medway National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medway-national-health-service-trust-establishment-amendment-order-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 11th January 1999\nComing into force 22nd January 1999\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977 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 and considering it appropriate that the functions of the trust should include functions in relation to the provision of services for one or more Health Authorities, 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), by paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”) and by section 41(10) and paragraph 27 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1990 c. 19; section 5 was amended by paragraph 69 of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See S.I. 1996/653, regulation 2(2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See section 5(6) of the 1990 Act."
    }
  ],
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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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