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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-and-local-pharmaceutical-services-regulations-2013/schedule-4/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/349",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2013",
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  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Essential services",
  "text": "For the purposes of these Regulations, “essential services” means—\n(a) the services described in this Part; and\n(b) the activities described in this Part to be carried out in connection with those services.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/961",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2026"
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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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