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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-litigation-authority-regulations-1995/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2801",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Litigation Authority Regulations 1995",
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  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 27th October 1995\nLaid before Parliament 30th October 1995\nComing into force 20th November 1995\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 16 and 126(4) of, and paragraphs 12 and 16 of Schedule 5 to, 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. Section 16 was amended by paragraph 36 of Schedule 1 to the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), and Schedule 10 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”); section 126(4) was amended by section 65(2) of the 1990 Act; paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 was amended by paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the 1990 Act. See section 128(1), as amended by section 26(2)(g) and (i) of the 1990 Act, for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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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