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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-dental-charges-amendment-regulations-2018/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/336",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-dental-charges-amendment-regulations-2018",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "National Health Service, England\nMade 8th March 2018\nLaid before Parliament 9th March 2018\nComing into force 1st April 2018\nThe Secretary of State for Health and Social Care makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 176(1) and (2)(c) and 272(7) and (8) of the National Health Service Act 2006.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c.41. Section 176 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”) was amended by paragraph 54 of Schedule 4 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7). The powers conferred by these sections are exercisable by the Secretary of State only in relation to England, by virtue of section 271(1) of the 2006 Act. See section 275(1) of the 2006 Act for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” that are relevant to the powers being exercised."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/336/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."
}