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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2714",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Amendment) Regulations 1999",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been printed to correct an omission in S.I. 1999/2562 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.\nNATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND\nMade 29th September 1999\nLaid before Parliament 29th September 1999\nComing into force 4th October 1999\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 38(1), (3), (4) and (6) and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977 hereby make the following Regulations:",
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      "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); and the Health Act 1999 (c. 8), Schedule 4, paragraph 37(6). As regards Wales, the functions of the Secretary of State under sections 38, 39, 78 and 126(4) of, and paragraphs 2 and 2A of Schedule 12 to, the 1977 Act are transferred to the National Assembly for Wales under article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 S.I. 1999/672; these Regulations therefore extend only to England."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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