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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-compensation-for-premature-retirement-regulations-1981/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1981/1263",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Compensation for Premature Retirement) Regulations 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-compensation-for-premature-retirement-regulations-1981",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 1st September 1981\nLaid before Parliament 11th September 1981\nComing into Operation 2nd October 1981\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 24(1), (3) and (4) of, and paragraphs 8, 9 and 13 of Schedule 3 to, the Superannuation Act 1972 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service, hereby makes the following regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/1263/introduction",
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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."
}