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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-primary-care-act-1997-commencement-no-5-order-1998/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1998",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (Commencement No. 5) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-primary-care-act-1997-commencement-no-5-order-1998",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "(1) 14th August 1998 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 3 of the Act (provision of personal dental services under a pilot scheme).\n(2) 1st October 1998 is the day appointed for the coming into force of—\n(a) the provisions of the Act specified in column (1) of Schedule 1 to this Order either fully or, if an extent is so specified, to that extent (the subject matter of each provision being mentioned in column (2) of that Schedule); and\n(b) the provisions of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Act (minor and consequential amendments) specified in column (1) of Schedule 2 to this Order, either fully or, if an extent specified in column (2) of that Schedule, to that extent.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1998/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:21:45.256372+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}