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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-act-2006/section-6G",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-act-2006/section-6G.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/41",
  "legislation_title": "National Health Service Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-act-2006",
  "path": "section/6G",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6G",
  "heading": "Guidance relating to patient choice",
  "text": "(1) NHS England must publish guidance about how it intends to exercise powers conferred on it by section 6F and Schedule 1ZA.\n(2) Before publishing guidance under this section, NHS England must obtain the approval of the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 6F, 6G inserted (1.1.2024) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), ss. 78(3), 186(6); S.I. 2023/1431, reg. 3(a)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/41/section/6G",
    "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."
}