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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-amendment-no3-regulations-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3386",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment (No.3) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-amendment-no3-regulations-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND\nMade 12th October 2001\nLaid before Parliament 12th October 2001\nComing into force 1st November 2001\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 29 and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977 hereby makes the following Regulations—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "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); and by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”), Schedule 4, paragraph 38(2), for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 29 was extended by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), section 17; and amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), sections 1 and 7 and Schedule 1, paragraph 42(b); by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), Schedule 6, paragraph 2; by the Medical Act 1983 (c. 54), section 56(1) and Schedule 5, paragraph 16(a); by S.I. 1985/39, article 7(3); by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), Schedule 1, paragraph 18; and by the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46), Schedule 2, paragraph 8. Section 126(4) was amended by the 1990 Act section 65(2) and the 1999 Act Schedule 4, paragraph 37(6)."
    }
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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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