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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-supplies-authority-establishment-and-constitution-order-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2001",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Supplies Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-supplies-authority-establishment-and-constitution-order-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 4th September 1991\nLaid before Parliament 10th September 1991\nComing into force 1st October 1991\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by section 11 and section 126(4) of, and paragraph 9(7)(b) of Schedule 5 to, the National Health Service Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation, in accordance with subsection (5) of section 11 of that Act, with such bodies as he recognises as representing officers who in his opinion are likely to be transferred or affected by transfers in pursuance of the Order, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; section 11 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), Schedule 1, paragraph 31 and the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), Schedule 10; and paragraph 9(7) was added by that Act of 1990, Schedule 1, Part III, paragraph 7."
    }
  ],
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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."
}