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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-existing-liabilities-scheme-for-general-practice-regulations-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/296",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Existing Liabilities Scheme for General Practice) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-existing-liabilities-scheme-for-general-practice-regulations-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "National Health Service, England\nMade 13th March 2020\nLaid before Parliament 16th March 2020\nComing into force 6th April 2020\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 71(1) to (3) and 272(7) and (8) of the National Health Service Act 2006.\nIn accordance with section 71(1) of that Act, these Regulations are made with the consent of the Treasury.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c.41. Section 71 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”) was amended by section 142 of, and paragraph 85 of Schedule 5 and Part 4 of Schedule 15 to, the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c.14) and further amendments were made by paragraph 18 of Schedule 4, paragraphs 17 and 19 of Schedule 7, paragraphs 1 and 28 of Schedule 14, paragraph 10(1) and (3) of Schedule 17 and paragraph 9(1) and (3) of Schedule 19 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7). Amendments were also made by paragraph 24(3) of Schedule 5 and paragraph 18(9) of Schedule 7 to the Care Act 2014 (c.23). By virtue of section 271(1) of the 2006 Act, the powers exercised by the Secretary of State in making these Regulations are exercisable only in relation to England."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/296/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."
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