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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-payments-for-optical-appliances-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/428",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Payments for Optical Appliances) Amendment Regulations 1988",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 8th March 1988\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 1988\nComing into force 1st April 1988\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of powers conferred on him by section 39 of, and paragraph 2A of Schedule 12 to, the National Health Service Act 1977 and of all other powers so enabling him, hereby makes the following regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” see section 128(1); paragraph 2A of Schedule 12 was inserted by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48), Schedule 1, paragraph 3."
    }
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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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