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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-sums-for-personal-requirements-england-regulations-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1005",
  "legislation_title": "The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (England) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-sums-for-personal-requirements-england-regulations-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES, ENGLAND\nMade 14th March 2001\nLaid before Parliament 16th March 2001\nComing into force 9th April 2001\nIn exercise of the power conferred by section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 1948 and now vested in me, and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I hereby make the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1948 c. 29; see sections 35(1) and 64(1) of the National Assistance Act 1948 for the definitions of “the Minister” and “prescribed” respectively."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See article 2 of the Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1699) which transferred all functions of the Minister of Health to the Secretary of State."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1005/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."
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