{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-and-community-care-act-1990/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-and-community-care-act-1990/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1990/19",
  "legislation_title": "National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-and-community-care-act-1990",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Primary and other functions of health authorities etc. and exercise of functions.",
  "text": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 3 omitted (the amendment coming into force immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41) which Act came into force on 1.3.2007 in accordance with s. 277(1) (subject to s. 277(2)-(5) of that Act)) by virtue of The National Health Service (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Order 2006, arts. 1(1), 2, Sch. 1 Pt. 2 {para. 2} (with art. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/19/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:43:11.905057+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."
}