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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-regulations-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/461",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-regulations-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "National Health Service, England\nMade 28th February 2013\nLaid before Parliament 5th March 2013\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)\nThe Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 179(1), 180, 181, 182, 272(7) and (8), and 274 of the National Health Service Act 2006 .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2006 c.41. By virtue of section 271(1) of the 2006 Act, the powers conferred by these sections are exercisable by the Secretary of State only in relation to England. Section 180 was amended by section 205 of, and paragraph 96 of Schedule 4 to, the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7); section 181 was amended by paragraphs 91 and 97 of Schedule 4 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and by S.I. 2010/22. See section 275(1) of the 2006 Act for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/461/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."
}