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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-and-community-care-act-1990-commencement-no-7-order-1991/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/388",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (Commencement No. 7) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-and-community-care-act-1990-commencement-no-7-order-1991",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings section 4 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 partially into force on 6th March 1991. Section 4 defines an NHS contract and specifies the health service bodies that can enter into such a contract. The provisions brought into force by the Order enable a health service body, in the course of negotiations intending to lead to an arrangement which will be an NHS contract, to refer the proposed arrangement to the Secretary of State for determination if it considers that the terms of the proposed arrangement cannot be agreed because of the unequal bargaining position as between the prospective parties.\nSection 4 comes fully into force on 1st April 1991 by virtue of article 2(8) of and Schedule 3 to the National Health Service and Community Act 1990 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/1329).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/388/note",
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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."
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