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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/124",
  "legislation_title": "Optical Charges and Payments (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES\nMade 27th March 1996\nComing into operation 1st April 1996\nThe Department of Health and Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 98 and 106 of, and Schedule 15 to, the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel, hereby makes the following regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14) as amended by S.I. 1984/1158 (N.I. 8) Article 3(2) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1; S.I. 1988/2249 (N.I. 24) paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 8; and S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1) Article 34 and Part II of Schedule 5; there are other amendments which are not relevant"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/124/introduction",
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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."
}