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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-act-2006/schedule-10A/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/41",
  "legislation_title": "National Health Service Act 2006",
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  "path": "schedule/10A/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Guidance",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State must publish guidance for NHS commissioning bodies, NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts about—\n(a) the exercise of their functions under this Schedule, and\n(b) how the Secretary of State proposes to exercise the Secretary of State’s functions under this Schedule.\n(2) NHS commissioning bodies, NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts must have regard to any guidance published under sub- paragraph (1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 10A inserted (31.1.2024 for specified purposes) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 6; S.I. 2023/1431, reg. 4(c)"
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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