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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/82",
  "legislation_title": "The Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (Professional Conduct) (Amendment) Rules 2002 Approval Order 2002",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NURSES, MIDWIVES AND HEALTH VISITORS, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 18th January 2002\nComing into force 18th February 2002\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 19(5) of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997, and as respects proceedings in England and Wales only, hereby approves the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (Professional Conduct) (Amendment) Rules 2002 made by the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting and set out in the Schedule to this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1997 c. 24. The whole Act is repealed by section 60(3) of and Schedule 5 to the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) from a date or dates to be appointed; in relation to section 10(5) and paragraph 7(4) of Schedule 1 this repeal has been commenced on 11 May 2001 by article 2(2)(a) of the Health Act 1999 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1985)."
    }
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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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