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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-blood-authority-regulations-1993/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-blood-authority-regulations-1993/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/586",
  "legislation_title": "The National Blood Authority Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-blood-authority-regulations-1993",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 9th March 1993\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 1993\nComing into force 1st April 1993\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on her by section 126(4) of, and paragraphs 12 and 16 of Schedule 5 to, the National Health Service Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; see section 128(1) for the meaning of “regulations”; section 126(4) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”); paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 was amended by paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the 1990 Act."
    }
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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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