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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-fund-holding-practices-amendment-regulations-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/261",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Fund-holding Practices) Amendment Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-fund-holding-practices-amendment-regulations-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 8th February 1999\nLaid before Parliament 8th February 1999\nComing into force\nPart I and regulation 31 9th February 1999\nParts II and IV except regulation 31 28th February 1999\nPart III 1st April 1999\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on him by section 126(4) and (5) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and sections 14(2) and (6), 15(7) and 16 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
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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 and 16 were amended by, respectively, paragraphs 73, 74 and 75 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), and sections 14 and 15 were amended by paragraph 65 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46). Section 14 was extended by section 19 of that Act."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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