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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-service-committees-and-tribunal-amendment-regulations-1987/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/445",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Amendment Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-service-committees-and-tribunal-amendment-regulations-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 16th March 1987\nLaid before Parliament 26th March 1987\nComing into force 1st May 1987\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 35(1), 36(1) and 37(a) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf and after consultation with the Council on Tribunals in accordance with section 10 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” see section 128(1): section 35(1) was substituted by S.I. 1985/39, Article 7(9); section 36 was re-numbered 36(1) by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48), Schedule 3, paragraph 5(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1971 c. 62; paragraph 17(a) of Schedule 1 was substituted by paragraph 134 of Schedule 4 to the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32) and amended by paragraph 53(a) of Schedule 15 to the National Health Service Act 1977."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/445/introduction",
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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."
}