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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1856",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "National Health Service, England\nMade 23rd July 2013\nLaid before Parliament 29th July 2013\nComing into force 1st November 2013\nThe Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 180, 272(7) and (8), and 274 of the National Health Service Act 2006.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c.41. By virtue of section 271(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”), the powers conferred by these sections are exercisable by the Secretary of State only in relation to England. Relevant amendments to section 180 are: sections 205 and 55(1) of, and paragraph 96 of Schedule 4 to, the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7). See section 275(1) of the 2006 Act for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1856/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."
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