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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nhs-foundation-trusts-trust-funds-appointment-of-trustees-order-2007/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1766",
  "legislation_title": "The NHS Foundation Trusts (Trust Funds: Appointment of Trustees) Order 2007",
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  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the NHS Foundation Trusts (Trust Funds: Appointment of Trustees) Order 2007 and comes into force on 5th July 2007.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Commission” means the Appointments Commission;\n“foundation trust” means an NHS foundation trust specified in the Schedule to this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Appointments Commission was established by section 57 of the Health Act 2006 (c.28)."
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      "affecting_title": "The NHS Foundation Trusts (Trust Funds: Appointment of Trustees) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2012"
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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."
}