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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-clinical-assessment-authority-regulations-2000/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2962",
  "legislation_title": "The National Clinical Assessment Authority Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-clinical-assessment-authority-regulations-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND\nMade 6th November 2000\nLaid before Parliament 6th November 2000\nComing into force 27th November 2000\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him 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 him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49. Section 126(4) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”) and by paragraph 37(6) of Schedule 4 to the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”); paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 was amended by article 7 of S.I. 1985/39, by paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the 1990 Act, by paragraph 60(e) of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) and by paragraph 39(4) of Schedule 4 to the 1999 Act. See section 128(1), as amended by section 26(2)(g) and (i) of the 1990 Act, for definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. The functions of the Secretary of State under these provisions are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article (2)(a) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2962/introduction",
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  "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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