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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-sums-for-personal-requirements-regulations-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/498",
  "legislation_title": "The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-sums-for-personal-requirements-regulations-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES\nMade 3rd March 1998\nLaid before Parliament 6th March 1998\nComing into force 6th April 1998\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; 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": "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": "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. See also the Transfer of Functions (Health and Social Security) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1843)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/498/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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