{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-middlesex-hospital-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1990/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/2431",
  "legislation_title": "The North Middlesex Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-middlesex-hospital-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1990",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the North Middlesex Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 17th December 1990.\n(2) In this Order unless the context otherwise requires–\n“the Act” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;\n“establishment date” means 17th December 1990;\n“operational date” has the meaning assigned to it in paragraph 3(1)(e) of Schedule 2 to the Act;\n“the trust” means the North Middlesex Hospital National Health Service Trust established by article 2 of this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/2407",
      "affecting_title": "The North Middlesex Hospital National Health Service Trust (Change of Name) Order 2001"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2431/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:56:02.412659+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}