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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-fund-holding-practices-amendment-no-2-regulations-1997/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1678",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Fund-holding Practices) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1997",
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  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 20 of the principal Regulations",
  "text": "In paragraph (2A) of regulation 20 of the principal Regulations (purchase of goods and services), omit “either” and “, or is referred by a doctor who is not a member of the fund-holding practice,”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Paragraph (2A) was inserted by regulation 11(4) of the National Health Service (Fund-holding Practices) Amendment Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/747)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1678/regulation/4",
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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."
}