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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-sums-for-personal-requirements-england-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/411",
  "legislation_title": "The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (England) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-sums-for-personal-requirements-england-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES, ENGLAND\nMade 24th February 2002\nLaid before Parliament 26th February 2002\nComing into force 8th April 2002\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 1948 and now vested in him and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes 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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/411/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."
}