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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-mandate-requirements-regulations-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/445",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Mandate Requirements) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-mandate-requirements-regulations-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "National Health Service, England\nMade 2.00 p.m. on 20th March 2017\nLaid before Parliament 6.00 p.m. on 20th March 2017\nComing into force 10th April 2017\nThe Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 13A(9) and 272(7) 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 section 23(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7) (“the 2012 Act”). By virtue of section 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) of the 2006 Act for the definition of “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 13A(1) of the 2006 Act for the meaning of “the mandate”."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/445/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."
}