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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nurses-midwives-and-health-visitors-amendment-rules-approval-order-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1169",
  "legislation_title": "The Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (Amendment) Rules Approval Order 2002",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NURSES, MIDWIVES AND HEALTH VISITORS\nMade 12th March 2002\nComing into force 31st March 2002\nIn exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 19(5) of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997, I hereby approve the rules made by the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting and set out in the Schedule hereto.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1997 c. 24. The Act is repealed by section 60(3) of, and Schedule 5 to, the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) from a date or dates to be appointed."
    }
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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."
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