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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-dental-charges-amendment-regulations-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/324",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-dental-charges-amendment-regulations-2016",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "National Health Service, England\nMade 9th March 2016\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 2016\nComing into force 1st April 2016\nThe Secretary of State for Health makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 176(1) and 272(7) and (8) of the National Health Service Act 2006.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "2006 c.41. Section 176 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (“the Act”) was amended by section 55(1) of, and paragraph 94 of Schedule 4 to, the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7). See section 275(1) of the Act for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” which are relevant to the powers being exercised. By virtue of section 271(1) of the Act, the powers being exercised by the Secretary of State in the making of these Regulations are exercisable only in relation to England."
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  "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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