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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-fund-holding-amendment-regulations-1998-practices/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/693",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Fund-holding Amendment Regulations 1998 Practices)",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 12th March 1998\nLaid before Parliament 13th March 1998\nComing into force\nThe whole Regulations except Part II 31st March 1998\nPart II 1st April 1998\nThe Secretary of State for Health, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of powers conferred on them by sections 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and sections 14(2) and (6), 15(7), 16(1) and 17 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:—",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; see section 128(1) as amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 26(2)(g) and (i), for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1990 c. 19. Sections 14, 15, 16 and 17 were amended by, respectively, paragraphs 73, 74, 75 and 76 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), and sections 14 and 15 are amended (from 1st April 1998) by paragraph 65 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46). Section 14 was extended (from 1st April 1998) by section 19 of that Act."
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