{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nhs-professionals-special-health-authority-establishment-and-constitution-order-2003/note",
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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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order provides for the establishment and constitution of a Special Health Authority, to be known as NHS Professionals Special Health Authority (“the Authority”), to exercise functions in connection with the management of matters relating to the recruitment and use of temporary staff in the National Health Service and such other functions as the Secretary of State may direct it to perform.\nArticle 2 of the Order establishes the Authority, the functions of which are described in article 3 and are to be specified more particularly in directions given by the Secretary of State. Provision is also made for the constitution of the Authority (article 4) and for the remuneration of its members (article 5).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3059/note",
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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."
}