{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-direct-payments-amendment-regulations-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/219",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Direct Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-direct-payments-amendment-regulations-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "National Health Service, England\nMade 28th February 2017\nLaid before Parliament 3rd March 2017\nComing into force 1st April 2017\nThe Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 12B of the National Health Service Act 2006 .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c.41. Section 12B is inserted by section 11 of the Health Act 2009 (c.21) and amended by section 55(1) of, and paragraphs 10 and 11 of Schedule 4 to, the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7). Powers exercised in making these Regulations are exercisable by the Secretary of State in relation to England only (see section 271(1)). See section 275(1) for the definition of “regulations”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/219/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."
}