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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-act-2006/schedule-4/paragraph-25",
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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": "schedule/4/paragraph/25",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) An NHS trust may employ such staff as it considers appropriate.\n(2) An NHS trust may—\n(a) pay its staff such remuneration and allowances, and\n(b) employ them on such other terms and conditions,\nas it considers appropriate.\n(3) An NHS trust must—\n(a) in exercising its powers under sub-paragraph (2), and\n(b) otherwise in connection with the employment of its staff,\nact in accordance with regulations and any directions given by the Secretary of State and any directions given by NHS England under section 27B.\n(4) Before making any regulations under sub-paragraph (3), the Secretary of State must consult such bodies as he may recognise as representing persons who, in his opinion, are likely to be affected by the regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 25(3) inserted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), ss. 55(4)(b), 186(6); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)"
    }
  ],
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      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
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      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/41/schedule/4/paragraph/25",
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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."
}