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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-dental-charges-amendment-regulations-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/544",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Dental Charges) Amendment Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-dental-charges-amendment-regulations-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 3rd March 1999\nLaid before Parliament 4th March 1999\nComing into force 1st April 1999\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on him by section 79A of, and paragraph 3(2) and 3(3) of Schedule 12 to, the National Health Service Act 1977 and 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; see s. 128(1) as amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), s. 26(2)(g) and (i), for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 79A was inserted by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), s. 11(3)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/544/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."
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