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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pharmaceutical-services-and-general-medical-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2002/92",
  "legislation_title": "Pharmaceutical Services and General Medical Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pharmaceutical-services-and-general-medical-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES\nMade 8th March 2002\nComing into operation 1st April 2002\nThe Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 56, 63(1), (2), (2A) to (2D), 64, 106(b) and 107(6) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, and in conjunction with the Department of Finance and Personnel and after consultation with such organisations as appear to the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to be representative of the medical and pharmaceutical professions as required by Articles 56(5) and 63(3) of that Order, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14) relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1978/1907 (N.I. 26) Articles 12 and 14; S.I. 1986/2023 (N.I. 20) Articles 5(1) and (2); S.I. 1986/2229 (N.I. 24) Article 7; S.I. 1988/2249 (N.I. 24) Article 4(5); S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1) Articles 29(1), 31(1) and (2) and Schedule 6; section 4 of, and paragraph 30(a) and (b) of the Schedule to 1995 c. 51; S.I. 1992/2671 (N.I. 18) Article 3 and S.I. 1997/1177(N.I. 7) Articles 29 and 32, and Schedule 2"
    }
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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."
}