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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-contracts-dispute-resolution-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/623",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Contracts (Dispute Resolution) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-contracts-dispute-resolution-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 6th March 1996\nLaid before Parliament 7th March 1996\nComing into force 1st April 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 126(4) and 128(1) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and section 4(5) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 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": "1977 c. 49. Sections 126(4) and 128(1) were amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), sections 65(2) and 26(2) respectively. Section 128(1) is cited for the definition of “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1990 c. 19. Section 4 is amended by Article 7(3), (4) and (5) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/195) and paragraph 68 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/623/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."
}