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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-no-2-regulations-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2465",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-no-2-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLANDAND WALES\nMade 28th October 1991\nLaid before Parliament 29th October 1991\nComing into force 20th November 1991\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by section 126(4) of, and paragraph 2A of Schedule 12 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; see section 128for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 126(4) was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 65(2). Paragraph 2A of Schedule 12 was inserted by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48), Schedule 1, Part I, paragraph 3 and amended by section 13(2) and (3) of the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49)."
    }
  ],
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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."
}