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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nurses-midwives-and-health-visitors-act-1979-commencement-no-1-order-1980/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1980/893",
  "legislation_title": "The Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1980",
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  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This order may be cited as the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1980.\n(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1980/893/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:58:55.378394+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."
}