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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-and-voluntary-health-care-wales-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2002/325",
  "legislation_title": "Private and Voluntary Health Care (Wales) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-and-voluntary-health-care-wales-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PUBLIC HEALTH, WALES\nMade 12th February 2002\nComing into force 1st April 2002\nThe National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of powers conferred on it by sections 2(4), (7)(f) and (8), 22(1), (2)(a) to (d), (f) to (j), (5)(a) and (7)(a) to (h), (j) and (k), 25(1), 34(1), 35 and 118(5) to (7) of the Care Standards Act 2000 and having consulted such persons as it considers appropriate, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 14. The powers are exercisable by the appropriate Minister, who is defined in section 121(1), in relation to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, as the Secretary of State, and in relation to Wales, as the National Assembly for Wales. “Prescribed” and “regulations” are defined in section 121(1) of the Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 22(9) of the Care Standards Act 2000 for the requirement to consult."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2002/325/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."
}