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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 8th March 1989

Laid before Parliament 10th March 1989

Coming into force 1st April 1989

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 35, 36, 37, 78(1A), 79(1), 79A, 81, 82(b), 83(a) and 83A of, and paragraphs 2(6) and 3(3) and (5) of Schedule 12 to, the National Health Service Act 1977^f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:–

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f1: 1977 c. 49; for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” see section 128(1); section 37 was amended by section 12(2) and (3) of the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49) (“the 1988 Act”); section 78(1A) and section 79A were inserted by, and section 79 was amended by, the 1988 Act, section 11; section 83A was inserted by the Social Security Act 1988 (c. 7), section 14 and was amended by the 1988 Act, Schedule 2, paragraph 6; paragraph 2 of Schedule 12 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) (“the 1980 Act”), Schedule 5, paragraph 2, and by the 1988 Act, section 11(8) and Schedule 2, paragraph 8; paragraph 3 of Schedule 12 was amended by the 1980 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 3.