{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-mandate-requirements-regulations-2014/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-mandate-requirements-regulations-2014/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/3487",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Mandate Requirements) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-mandate-requirements-regulations-2014",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "National Health Service, England\nMade 16th December 2014\nLaid before Parliament 9th January 2015\nComing into force 1st April 2015\nThe Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 13A(9) and 272(7) and (8) of the National Health Service Act 2006.\nIn accordance with section 13A(1) of that Act, the Secretary of State has published and laid before Parliament the mandate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c.41 (the “2006 Act”). Section 13A was inserted by s.23 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7) (the “2012 Act”). By virtue of s.271(1) of the 2006 Act, the powers exercised in making these Regulations are exercisable by the Secretary of State only in relation to England. See section 275(1) for the definition of “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 13A(1) for the meaning of “mandate”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3487/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:51:29.700187+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}