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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-fund-holding-practices-scotland-amendment-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/748",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Fund-Holding Practices) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-fund-holding-practices-scotland-amendment-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND\nMade 8th March 1996\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 1996\nComing into force 1st April 1996\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2(5), 87A(4), 87B(5), 105(7) and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 29; section 2(5) was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), Schedule 9, paragraph 19(1); sections 87A and 87B were inserted by the 1990 Act, section 34; section 105(7), which was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), Schedule 6, paragraph 5 and Schedule 7 and by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), Schedule 9, paragraph 24, contains provision, and section 108(1) contains a definition of “regulations”, relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made."
    }
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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."
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