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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/335",
  "legislation_title": "The Optical Charges and Payments (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Health And Personal Social Services\nMade 16th September 2016\nComing into operation 10th October 2016\nThe Department of Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 62, 98, 106 and 107(6) of, and Schedule 15 to, the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972, with the approval of the Department of Finance.\nIn accordance with Article 62(3) of that Order it has consulted with such organisations as appear to it to be representative of medical practitioners practising as ophthalmic medical practitioners and ophthalmic opticians.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See 2016 c. 5 (N.I.) Section 1(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14) as amended by Articles 3 and 17 of, and Schedules 1 and 6 to, the Health and Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 (S.I. 1984/1158 (N.I. 8)); Article 14(2) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/594 (N.I. 2)); Article 8 of the Health and Medicines (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/2249 (N.I. 24)); Article 34 of, and Part II of Schedule 5 to, the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1)), there are other amendments which are not relevant"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/335/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."
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