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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/486",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Amendment Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 11th March 1988\nLaid before Parliament 21st March 1988\nComing into force 11th April 1988\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 38 and 39 of the National Health Service Act 1977 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; see section 128(1) for the definition of “regulations”. Section 38 was amended by section 1(3) of the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48) and section 39 was amended by section 1(4) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, that Act and by paragraph 52 of Schedule 1 to the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53). Sections 38 and 39 were each modified by S.I. 1985/39, Article 7."
    }
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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."
}