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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/primary-medical-services-2004-order-commencement-order-northern-ireland-2004/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2004/123",
  "legislation_title": "The Primary Medical Services (2004 Order) (Commencement) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/primary-medical-services-2004-order-commencement-order-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order.)\nThis Order brings into operation all of the provisions of the Primary Medical Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (“the Order”), with the exception of Articles 1, 2, 5 and 11 which came into operation on the date of Royal Assent on 11th February 2004.\nArticle 2(1) brings Articles 3, 4 and 8 of the Order into operation, only for the purposes of making regulations and directions, on 18th March 2004 and for all other purposes on 1st April 2004.\nArticle 2(2) brings into operation on 1st April 2004 all remaining provisions of the Order which require to be commenced.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/123/note",
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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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