{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pathfinder-national-health-service-trust-transfer-of-trust-property-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1740",
  "legislation_title": "The Pathfinder National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pathfinder-national-health-service-trust-transfer-of-trust-property-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 4th July 1996\nLaid before Parliament 11th July 1996\nComing into force 1st August 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on him by section 92(1) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having regard to the change in the arrangements for the administration of hospitals and other establishments and facilities previously managed by the former Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority resulting from the establishment of the Pathfinder National Health Service Trust, having consulted that Health Authority and that Trust in accordance with section 92(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; section 92 has been amended by section 11(5) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) and by paragraph 44 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See S.I. 1994/3178."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See S.I. 1996/709, articles 4 and 14(1) and (1A), as amended by S.I. 1996/971, article 2(3) and (5)(a)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1740/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."
}