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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-act-2006/schedule-4/paragraph-28",
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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/28",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State or NHS England may by order dissolve an NHS trust.\n(1A) An order under this paragraph may be made by NHS England only with the approval of the Secretary of State.\n(2) An order under this paragraph may be made—\n(a) on the application of the NHS trust concerned, or\n(b) if the Secretary of State or NHS England considers it appropriate in the interests of the health service.\n(3) Except where it appears to the Secretary of State or NHS England necessary to make an order under this paragraph as a matter of urgency or where the order is made following the publication of a final report under section 65I(3), no such order may be made until after the completion of such consultation as may be prescribed.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 28(1) inserted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), ss. 58(5)(a)(i), 186(6); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 28(1A) inserted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), ss. 58(5)(a)(ii), 186(6); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 28(2)(b) inserted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), ss. 58(5)(a)(iii), 186(6); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 28(3) inserted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), ss. 58(5)(a)(iii), 186(6); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 28(3) inserted (15.2.2010) by Health Act 2009 (c. 21), ss. 18(10), 40(1); S.I. 2010/30, art. 3(b)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "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": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/41/schedule/4/paragraph/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:55.183741+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}