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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-dental-services-amendment-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/558",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Dental Services) Amendment Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-dental-services-amendment-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND\nMade 11th March 2002\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 2002\nComing into force 1st April 2002\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 15(1), 35(1), 36(1) and (4) to (8), 43ZA, 49O, 49Q, 49R and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations—",
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  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; see section 128(1) as amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 26(2)(g) and (i), for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 15(1) was amended by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48) (“the 1984 Act”), section 5(2); by the 1990 Act, section 12(1) and by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”), Schedule 1, paragraph 6. Section 35(1) was substituted by S.I. 1985/39, article 7(9), and amended by the 1995 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 24. Section 36(1) was so numbered by the 1984 Act, Schedule 3, paragraph 5(1) and amended by S.I. 1981/432, article 3(3)(a); by S.I. 1985/39, article 7(10); by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), Schedule 2, paragraph 4; by the 1990 Act, section 24 and by the 1995 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 25(a). Sections 36(4) to (8) were inserted by the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15) (“the 2001 Act”). Section 43ZA was inserted by the 2001 Act, section 21. Sections 49O, 49Q and 49R were inserted by the 2001 Act, section 25. The functions of the Secretary of State for Health under the National Health Service Act 1977 are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2(a) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672 as amended by section 66(5) of the Health Act 1999 (c. 8). See also the 2001 Act, section 68."
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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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