{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-standing-advisory-committees-order-1981/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-standing-advisory-committees-order-1981/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1981/597",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Standing Advisory Committees) Order 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-standing-advisory-committees-order-1981",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 9th April 1981\nLaid before Parliament 22nd April 1981\nComing into Operation 13th May 1981\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of powers conferred by section 6(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "section 6(3) was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) sections 8(3) and 25(4) and Schedule 7."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/597/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."
}