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  "long_title": "These Regulations establish a Scheme (to be known as the“Existing Liabilities Scheme”) whereby bodies providing services under the National Health Service Act 1977 may make provision for meeting liabilities to third parties in connection with personal injury arising out of negligence in the carrying out of functions under that Act (regulations 2, 3 and 4).",
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