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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-charges-for-appliances-regulations-1974/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1974/284",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Charges for Appliances) Regulations 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-charges-for-appliances-regulations-1974",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 25th February 1974\nLaid before Parliament 7th March 1974\nComing into Operation 1st April 1974\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services in exercise of powers conferred by section 3(2) of the National Health Service Act 1946, section 1 of the National Health Service Act 1951, section 1 of the National Health Service Act 1952, and section 1 of the National Health Service Act 1961 as amended by section 57(1) of the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 and now vested in him, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1699:(1968 III, p. p. 4585)) Article 2."
    }
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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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