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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-sums-for-personal-requirements-england-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/628",
  "legislation_title": "The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (England) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-sums-for-personal-requirements-england-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES, ENGLAND\nMade 10th March 2003\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 2003\nComing into force 7th April 2003\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/2003/628/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."
}