{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-district-health-authorities-order-1993/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-district-health-authorities-order-1993/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/572",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (District Health Authorities) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-district-health-authorities-order-1993",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 9th March 1993\nLaid before Parliament 10th March 1993\nComing into force 1st April 1993\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on her by sections 8(1)(b) and (1A)(c) and 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes 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 the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 1(1)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/572/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."
}