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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-amendment-act-1949/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-amendment-act-1949/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/93",
  "legislation_title": "National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1949",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-amendment-act-1949",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to amend the National Health Service Act 1946, and the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947, and otherwise to amend the law in relation to services provided under the said Acts.\n[16th December 1949]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Act repealed (E.W.) (1.4.2004) by Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), s. 199(1)(4), Sch. 11 para. 1, Sch. 14 Pt. 4 Note; S.I. 2004/288, arts. 5(2)(a), 6(2)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2004/866 and S.I. 2005/2925); S.I. 2004/480, arts. 4(2)(a), 5(2)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2004/1019 and S.I. 2006/345); S.I. 2004/288, arts. 5(2)(a), 6(2)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2004/866 and S.I. 2005/2925); S.I. 2004/480, arts. 4(2)(a), 5(2)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2004/1019 and S.I. 2006/345)"
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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."
}