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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-bodies-membership-and-procedure-amendment-regulations-2010/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2538",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Bodies (Membership and Procedure) Amendment Regulations 2010",
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  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend a number of sets of regulations relating to the membership and procedure of Strategic Health Authorities and various Special Health Authorities. They set out the circumstances in which the Secretary of State may suspend from office the chairman and non-officer members of those bodies and the procedures for and duration of such suspensions. They also provide for the appointment of a vice-chairman where the chairman is suspended.\nPursuant to paragraph 19 of Schedule 3 to the Health Act 2009, the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by the amendments made by these Regulations apply in relation to persons appointed at any time, including a time before the amendments came into force.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2538/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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