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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/515",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2012",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "National Health Service, England\nMade 23rd February 2012\nLaid before Parliament 29th February 2012\nComing into force 1st April 2012\nThe Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 115(3)(b), 179 and 272(7) and (8) of the National Health Service Act 2006.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c.41. See section 275(1) for the definition of “regulations”."
    }
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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."
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