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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/portsmouth-hospitals-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1992/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/2506",
  "legislation_title": "The Portsmouth Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1992",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Nature and functions of the trust",
  "text": "(1) The trust is established for the purpose specified in section 5(1)(a) of the Act.\n(2) The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more health authorities) shall be to own and manage hospital accommodation and services provided at St. Mary’s Hospital, Milton, Portsmouth P63 6AD and associated hospitals.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "subst",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/75",
      "affecting_title": "The Portsmouth Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2020/767",
      "affecting_title": "The Portsmouth Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) (Amendment) Order 2020"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2506/article/3",
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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."
}