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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-1990/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1051",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Amendment Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 10th May 1990\nLaid before Parliament 11th May 1990\nComing into force 1st June 1990\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 38(1) 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": "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(1) was amended by S.I. 1985/39, article 7(11), by section 1(3) of the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48) (“the 1984 Act”) and by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), section 13(1). Section 39 was amended by S.I. 1985/39, article 7(12), by paragraph 52 of Schedule 1 to the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) and by section 1(4) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the 1984 Act."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1051/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."
}