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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-speech-therapists-regulations-1974/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-speech-therapists-regulations-1974/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1974/495",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Speech Therapists) Regulations 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-speech-therapists-regulations-1974",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 20th March 1974\nLaid before Parliament 28th March 1974\nComing into Operation 1st April 1974\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, after consultation with such bodies as she recognises as representing persons who in her opinion are likely to be affected, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/495/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."
}