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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-primary-care-act-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-20",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/46",
  "legislation_title": "National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997",
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  "number": "20",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 85(1), references to functions conferred or imposed by or under the 1977 Act are to be construed as including references to functions conferred or imposed in relation to pilot schemes by or under this Act; and references to regulations and directions are accordingly to be construed as including regulations or directions under this Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
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  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 20 repealed (E.W.) (1.3.2007 immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force) by The National Health Service (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1407), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 (with art. 4)"
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    {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/46/schedule/2/paragraph/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:24:53.963264+00:00"
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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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