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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-supplies-authority-regulations-1991/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-supplies-authority-regulations-1991/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2002",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Supplies Authority Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-supplies-authority-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "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 paragraphs 12 and 16 of Schedule 5 to the National Health Service Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 was amended by paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2002/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."
}