{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-speech-therapists-amendment-regulations-1985/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1985/47",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Speech Therapists) Amendment Regulations 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-speech-therapists-amendment-regulations-1985",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 17th January 1985\nLaid before Parliament 25th January 1985\nComing into Operation 1st March 1985\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraph 10(1) of Schedule 5 to the National Health Service Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with paragraph 11(1) of that Schedule with such bodies as he recognises as representing persons who in his opinion are likely to be affected, hereby makes the following regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "relevant amendments were made by the Health Services Act 1980 (c.53), Schedule 1, paragraphs 77(a) and 80(2)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/47/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."
}