{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-district-health-authorities-order-1990/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-district-health-authorities-order-1990/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1756",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (District Health Authorities) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-district-health-authorities-order-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 23rd August 1990\nLaid before Parliament 24th August 1990\nComing into force 17th September 1990\nThe Secretary of State for Health, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 8(1)(b) and (1A) and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; section 8 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), section 1(7) and Schedule 1, Part I, paragraph 28 and section 8(1) was extended by section 1(2) of the Health Services Act 1980. The National Health Service Act 1977 was extended to the Isles of Scilly by the Isles of Scilly (National Health Service) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1473)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1756/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."
}