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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-wales-act-2006/schedule-1/paragraph-13",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/42",
  "legislation_title": "National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006",
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  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/13",
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  "number": "13",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Welsh Ministers may conduct research, or may assist any person to conduct research, into—\n(a) any matters relating to the causation, prevention, diagnosis or treatment of illness, and\n(b) any such other matters connected with any service provided under this Act as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.\n(2) Assistance may be given by grants or otherwise.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 13: Functions made exercisable by Local Health Boards (1.10.2009) by The Local Health Boards (Directed Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1511), reg. 4, Sch."
    }
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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."
}