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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nhs-professionals-special-health-authority-establishment-and-constitution-order-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/3059",
  "legislation_title": "The NHS Professionals Special Health Authority (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nhs-professionals-special-health-authority-establishment-and-constitution-order-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND\nMade 26th November 2003\nLaid before Parliament 4th December 2003\nComing into force 1st January 2004\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 11(1), (2) and (4) of, and paragraph 9(7)(b) of Schedule 5 to, the National Health Service Act 1977, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; section 11 was amended by section 2(1) of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”) and section 65 of, and paragraphs 4 and 6 of Schedule 4 to, the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”); sub-paragraph (7) was inserted in paragraph 9 of Schedule 5 by section 1 of, and paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 1 to, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) and amended by section 2(1) of, and paragraph 60(b) of Schedule 1 to, the 1995 Act and section 1(3) of, and paragraphs 1, 34(1) and (3)(b) of Schedule 1 to, the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17) (“the 2002 Act”). The functions of the Secretary of State under these provisions are, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2(a) of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672, as amended by section 66(5) of the 1999 Act."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3059/introduction",
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  "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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