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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-determination-of-districts-amendment-order-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/407",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Determination of Districts) Amendment Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-determination-of-districts-amendment-order-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 7th March 1988\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 1988\nComing into force 1st April 1988\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of powers conferred upon him by sections 8(1), (2) and (4) and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consulting, in accordance with section 8(5) of that Act, such bodies as he has recognised as representing officers who in his opinion are likely to be transferred or affected by transfers in pursuance of this Order and such other bodies as he considers are concerned with the Order, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; section 8(1) and (2) were amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), Schedule 1, Part I, paragraph 28."
    }
  ],
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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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