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  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/15",
  "legislation_title": "National Health Service (Residual Liabilities) Act 1996",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to make provision with respect to the transfer of liabilities of certain National Health Service bodies in the event of their ceasing to exist.\n[22nd May 1996]\nBe it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—",
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      "type": "C",
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      "text": "Act: transfer of functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2 Sch. 1"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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