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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-no-2-regulations-1989/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1175",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-no-2-regulations-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 6th July 1989\nLaid before Parliament 10th July 1989\nComing into force 31st July 1989\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by section 38(7) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; see section 128(1) for the definition of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 38 was amended by section 1(3) of the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48) and by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), section 13(1) and modified by S.I. 1985/39, article 7."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1175/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."
}