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  "legislation": "ukpga/1966/8",
  "legislation_title": "National Health Service Act 1966",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-act-1966",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to facilitate the financing of premises and equipment used by practitioners providing general medical services; to modify the prohibition of full-time salaries for practitioners providing general medical services; and for purposes connected therewith.\n[10th March 1966]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
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  "annotations": [
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      "type": "C",
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      "text": "Functions of the Secretary of State for Social Services transferred to the Secretary of State for Health by S.I. 1988/1843, arts. 2, 3, Sch. 2 Pt. I"
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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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