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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-etc-repeatable-prescriptions-amendment-wales-regulations-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2004/1018",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services etc.), (Repeatable Prescriptions) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-etc-repeatable-prescriptions-amendment-wales-regulations-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, WALES\nMade 31st March 2004\nComing into force 1st April 2004\nThe National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by sections 29, 41, 42, 43, 77, 83A and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977 hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49. Section 29 was extended by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), section 17; and amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), sections 1 and 7 and Schedule 2, paragraph 16(a); by S.I.1985/39, article 7(3); by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), Schedule 1, paragraph 18 and by the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46), Schedule 2, paragraph 8. Section 41 was substituted by the Health and Social Care Act 2001(c. 15), section 42(1) . Section 42 was substituted by the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 66), section 3(1); extended by the 1988 Act, section 17 and amended by SI 1987/2202, article 4; by the 1990 Act, section 12(3) and by the 1995 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 30. Section 43 was amended by the 1980 Act, Schedule 9, paragraph 18(2); by the 1995 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 31; and by the 1997 Act, section 29(1) and Schedule 2, paragraph 14. Section 83A was inserted by the Social Security Act 1988 (c. 7), section 14(1); amended by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), Schedule 2, paragraph 6; by the 1990 Act, Schedule 9, paragraph 18(5); by the 1995 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 40 and by article 2 of S.I.1998/2385. 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), and by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act), Schedule 4, paragraph 38(2)(b), for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 126(4) was amended by the 1990 Act, section 65(2) and the 1999 Act , Schedule 4, paragraph 37(6). The functions of the Secretary of State under sections 29, 41, 42, 43, 77, 83A and 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977 were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I.1999/672, article 2 and Schedule 1, as amended by the 1999 Act, section 66(4), the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15), section 68(1), National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), section 40(1) and the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), section 197(1)."
    }
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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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