{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/primary-care-trusts-dissolution-order-2002/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/primary-care-trusts-dissolution-order-2002/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1325",
  "legislation_title": "The Primary Care Trusts (Dissolution) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/primary-care-trusts-dissolution-order-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND\nMade 26th March 2002\nComing into force 1st April 2002\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 16A(1) and (2) and 126(3) and (4) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, following compliance with the consultation requirements contained in regulations made under section 16A(5) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49: section 16A was inserted by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”), section 2(1) which has been commenced in respect of England only; section 126(3) was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 65(2) and by the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46), Schedule 2, paragraph 27; section 126(4) was amended by the 1990 Act, section 65(2), by the 1999 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 37(6) and by the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15), Schedule 5, paragraph 5(13)(b)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/2337."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1325/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."
}