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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-existing-liabilities-scheme-regulations-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-existing-liabilities-scheme-regulations-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/686",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Existing Liabilities Scheme) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-existing-liabilities-scheme-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 8th March 1996\nLaid before Parliament 8th March 1996\nComing into force 1st April 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by section 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and section 21 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49 (“the 1977 Act”); section 126(4) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1990 c. 19; see, for the definition of “regulations”, section 128(1) of the 1977 Act, as amended by section 26(2)(i) of the 1990 Act; section 21 is amended by paragraph 79(a) of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/686/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."
}