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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/818",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 13th March 1997\nLaid before Parliament 14th March 1997\nComing into force 1st April 1997\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 38(1), 39, 78(1) and 128(1) of, and paragraphs 2 and 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:—",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49. Section 38 was modified by S.I. 1985/39 and amended by section 1(3) of the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48) (“the 1984 Act”) and by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49) (“the 1988 Act”), section 13; section 39 was modified by S.I. 1985/39 and amended by section 1(4) of, and paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 1 to, the 1984 Act and paragraph 52 of Schedule 1 of the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53); section 128(1) was amended by section 26(2)(g) and (i) of the National Health Service ad Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) and is cited for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 12 was substituted by the 1988 Act, Schedule 2, paragraph 8(1); and paragraph 2A of Schedule 12 was inserted by the 1984 Act, Schedule 1, Part I, paragraph 3 and amended by section 13(2) and (3) of the 1988 Act."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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