{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prescription-pricing-authority-constitution-order-1990/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prescription-pricing-authority-constitution-order-1990/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1718",
  "legislation_title": "The Prescription Pricing Authority Constitution Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prescription-pricing-authority-constitution-order-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 20th August 1990\nLaid before Parliament 24th August 1990\nComing into force 17th September 1990\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by section 11 of, and paragraph 9(7)(b) of Schedule 5 to, the National Health Service Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; section 11 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), Schedule 1, paragraph 31; sub-paragraph (7) was inserted in paragraph 9 of Schedule 5 by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), Schedule 1, paragraph 7(2)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1718/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."
}