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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-2022/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2022/221",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-2022",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "National Health Service, England\nMade 3rd March 2022\nLaid before Parliament 4th March 2022\nComing into force 1st April 2022\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 179(1), 180 and 272(7) and (8) of the National Health Service Act 2006.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c. 41. Section 180 was amended by section 205 of, and paragraph 96 of Schedule 4 to, the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7) and section 34 of the Health Act 2009 (c. 21). “Prescribed” and “regulations” are defined in section 275 of the National Health Service Act 2006. By virtue of section 271(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006, the powers conferred by these sections are exercisable by the Secretary of State only in relation to England."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/221/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."
}