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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-amendment-regulations-1993/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/540",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-amendment-regulations-1993",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 8th March 1993\nLaid before Parliament 10th March 1993\nComing into force 1st April 1993\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on her by sections 15(1), 29, 45(1) and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling her 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. See section 128(1) (amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 26(2)(g) and (i)) for the definition of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 15(1) was amended by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48) sections 5(2) and 24 and Schedule 8 and by section 12(1) of the 1990 Act. Section 29 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), section 7 and Schedule 1, paragraphs 42 and 93, the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), Schedule 6, paragraph 2 and the Family Practitioner Committees (Consequential Modifications) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/39), article 7(3). Section 45(1) was amended by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48), Schedule 3, paragraph 7(a)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/540/introduction",
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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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