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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-charges-to-overseas-visitors-amendment-regulations-1991/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/438",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Amendment Regulations 1991",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1989 (“the 1989 Regulations”).\nThe principal amendments reflect the establishment from 1st April 1991 of National Health Service trusts under Part I of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990. A further amendment provides that charges cannot be made for family planning services. The Regulations also remove the German Democratic Republic and Portugal from Schedule 2 to the 1989 Regulations (countries or territories in respect of which the United Kingdom Government has entered into a reciprocal agreement).",
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  "version": "current",
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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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