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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-compensation-for-premature-retirement-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1311",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Compensation for Premature Retirement) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-compensation-for-premature-retirement-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 10th May 2002\nLaid before Parliament 10th May 2002\nComing into force 31st May 2002\nThe Secretary of State for Health, 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 Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 11. Section 24 was amended by section 13(1) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 to, the Police Pensions Act 1976 (c. 35)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See article 2 of the Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1670)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1311/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."
}