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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nhs-bodies-and-local-authorities-partnership-arrangements-regulations-2000/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nhs-bodies-and-local-authorities-partnership-arrangements-regulations-2000/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/617",
  "legislation_title": "NHS Bodies and Local Authorities Partnership Arrangements Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nhs-bodies-and-local-authorities-partnership-arrangements-regulations-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND\nMade 10th March 2000\nLaid before Parliament 10th March 2000\nComing into force 1st April 2000\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 126(4) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and section 31 of the Health Act 1999 and 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); section 126(4) is applied by virtue of section 62(4) of the Health Act 1999 and was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 65(2) and the Health Act 1999, Schedule 4, paragraph 37(5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1999 (c. 8); see section 31(8) for the definition of “prescribed”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/617/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."
}