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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-penalty-charge-regulations-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2794",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Penalty Charge) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-penalty-charge-regulations-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND\nMade 10th October 1999\nLaid before Parliament 11th October 1999\nComing into force 1st November 1999\nThe Secretary of State for Health in exercise of powers conferred by sections 122B(1), (2) and (4), 126(4) and 127(a) of the National Health Service Act 1977, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49. See section 128(1) as amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 26(2)(g) and (i), for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 122B was inserted by section 39 of the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”). Section 126(4) was amended by section 65(2) of the 1990 Act. As regards Wales, the functions of the Secretary of State under sections 122B, 126(4) and 127(a) of the 1977 Act are transferred to the National Assembly for Wales under article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672); these regulations therefore extend only to England."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2794/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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