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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-no-2-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2320",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-no-2-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 7th September 1996\nLaid before Parliament 16th September 1996\nComing into force 7th October 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 38 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: —",
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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), for the definitions of \"prescribed\" and \"regulations\". Section 38 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), section 1 and Schedule 1, paragraph 51; by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48), section 1(3); by S.I. 1985/39, article 7(11); by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), section 13(1); and by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), Schedule 1, paragraph 27. Section 126(4) was amended by the 1990 Act, section 65(2)."
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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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