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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-trusts-miscellaneous-dissolutions-order-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2616",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Trusts (Miscellaneous Dissolutions) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-trusts-miscellaneous-dissolutions-order-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND\nMade 14th October 2002\nComing into force 18th October 2002\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977, and by section 5(1) of, and paragraphs 1, 29(1), and 30(1) of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, considering it appropriate in the interests of the health service to dissolve the National Health Service Trusts listed in article 2 of this Order, and having completed the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of, and paragraphs 29(3) and 30(3) of Schedule 2 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49. Section 126(3) was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), s65(2), and the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46), Schedule 2, paragraph 27."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1990 c. 19. Section 5(1) was amended by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”), section 13(1)(a), (10), and by section 65(2), Schedule 5. Section 5(2) was amended by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”), section 2(1), Schedule 1, paragraph 69(b). Paragraph 30 of Schedule 2 was amended by the 1995 Act, section 2(1), Schedule 1, paragraph 85(g); and by the 1999 Act, Schedule 4, paragraphs 74, 83(1), (7)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See S.I 1996/653."
    }
  ],
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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."
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