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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-1990/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-1990/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/495",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 7th March 1990\nLaid before Parliament 9th March 1990\nComing into force 1st April 1990\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 126(1) and 128(1) of, and by 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; in section 128(1) see the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. 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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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/495/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."
}