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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-contracts-regulations-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/291",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-contracts-regulations-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND\nMade 8th February 2004\nLaid before Parliament 9th February 2004\nComing into force 1st March 2004\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 28D(1)(bc), 28R, 28S, 28V, 28W, 45A(9) and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977, section 4(5) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 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 28D(1)(bc) was inserted by section 177(2) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43) (“the 2003 Act”); sections 28R, 28S, 28V and 28W were inserted by section 175(1) of that Act and section 45A by paragraph 23 of Schedule 11 to that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1990 c. 19."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/291/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."
}