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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/primary-care-trusts-membership-procedure-and-administration-arrangements-amendment-england-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1616",
  "legislation_title": "The Primary Care Trusts (Membership, Procedure and Administration Arrangements) Amendment (England) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/primary-care-trusts-membership-procedure-and-administration-arrangements-amendment-england-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND\nMade 23rd June 2003\nLaid before Parliament 27th June 2003\nComing into force 18th July 2003\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 126(4) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 5A to, the National Health Service Act 1977, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; section 126(4) was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 65(2), the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”), Schedule 4, paragraph 37(6), the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15) (“the 2001 Act”), Schedule 5, paragraph 5(13)(b) and the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17) (“the 2002 Act”), section 6(3)(c); see section 128(1), as amended by section 26(2)(i) of the 1990 Act, for the definition of “regulations”; Schedule 5A was inserted by Schedule 1 to the 1999 Act. By virtue of section 16A(1) of the 1977 Act, as substituted by the 2002 Act, section 2(2), Primary Care Trusts may only be established for areas in England."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1616/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."
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