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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-dental-services-regulations-1992/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-dental-services-regulations-1992/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/661",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Dental Services) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-dental-services-regulations-1992",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 10th March 1992\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 1992\nComing into force 1st April 1992\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 15(1)(b), 35(1) and (4), 36(1) and (3), 37(1)(a), (1A) and (1C), 43(1), 50 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:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; in section 128(1) see the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 15(1)(b) was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 12. Section 35(1) was substituted by S.I. 1985/39, article 7(9). Section 36 was amended by S.I. 1981/432, article 3(3), the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48), section 5(4) and Schedule 3, paragraph 5, S.I. 1985/39, article 7(10), the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49) (“the 1988 Act”), section 25(1) and Schedule 2, paragraph 4 and the 1990 Act, section 24 and was extended by section 17 of the 1988 Act. Section 37 was renumbered so as to become section 37(1) by section 12(2) of, section 37(1)(a) was amended by section 25 of, and Schedule 3 to, and subsections (1A) and (1C) were inserted by section 12(3), of the 1988 Act. Section 43(1) was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), section 21(2) and Schedule 1, paragraph 55, S.I. 1985/39, article 7(15) and the 1990 Act, section 66(1) and Schedule 9, paragraph 18(2). Section 126(4) was amended by the 1990 Act, section 65(2)."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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