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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-dental-services-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-dental-services-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/576",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Dental Services) Amendment Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-dental-services-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 22nd March 1988\nLaid before Parliament 5th April 1988\nComing into force 1st May 1988\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 35(1) and 36(1) of the National Health Service Act 1977 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": "1977 c. 49; section 35(1) was substituted by the Family Practitioner Committees (Consequential Modifications) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/39), article 7(9). Section 36 was amended by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48), Schedule 3, paragraph 5 and by S.I. 1985/39, article 7(10). For the definition of “regulations” see section 128(1) of the National Health Service Act 1977."
    }
  ],
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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."
}