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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-sums-for-personal-requirements-regulations-1995/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-sums-for-personal-requirements-regulations-1995/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/443",
  "legislation_title": "The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-sums-for-personal-requirements-regulations-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES\nMade 24th February 1995\nLaid before Parliament 3rd March 1995\nComing into force 10th April 1995\nIn exercise of the power conferred by section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 1948 (including that provision as applied by section 87(3) and (4) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 ) and as respects England and Wales 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; seesections 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": "1968 c. 49; section 87 was amended by paragraph 10(13) of Schedule 9 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Seearticle 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.See alsothe Transfer of Functions (Health and Social Security) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1843)."
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/443/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."
}