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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-1991/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-1991/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1680",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 23rd July 1991\nLaid before Parliament 24th July 1991\nComing into force 1st August 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; in section 128(1) see the definitions of and 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)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1680/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."
}