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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/41",
  "legislation_title": "National Health Service Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-act-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the health service.\n[8th November 2006]\nBe it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act modified (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), Sch. 2 para. 1, 3 (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)"
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      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act applied (with modifications) (27.3.2012 for specified purposes, 1.10.2012 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(1)(d)(4), Sch. 6 para. 8(6); S.I. 2012/1831, art. 2(2)"
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      "text": "Act modified by 1983 c. 20, s. 12ZB(7) (as inserted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 38(1), 306(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Act modified (2.12.2019) by Children and Social Work Act 2017 (c. 16), ss. 47(2), 70(2); S.I. 2019/1436, reg. 2(g)"
    },
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Act in force at 1.3.2007 subject to provisions of s. 277"
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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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