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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-institute-for-clinical-excellence-regulations-1999/regulation-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/260",
  "legislation_title": "The National Institute for Clinical Excellence Regulations 1999",
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  "path": "regulation/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Institute for Clinical Excellence Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 26th February 1999.\n(2) In these Regulations–\n“the Act” means the National Health Service Act 1997;\n“the Institute” means the National Institute for Clinical Excellence established by the Order;\n“chairman” means the chairman of the Institute;\n“health service body” shall be construed in accordance with section 4 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;\n“member” means a member of the Institute other than the chairman;\n“non-officer member” and “officer member” mean respectively, a member who is not, and one who is, an officer of the Institute;\n“the Order” means the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Establishment and Constitution) Order 1999.\n(3) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations, and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in that regulation.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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      "text": "1990 c. 19."
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      "type": "footnote",
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      "text": "S.I. 1999/220."
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