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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regional-and-district-health-authorities-membership-and-procedure-regulations-1990/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1331",
  "legislation_title": "The Regional and District Health Authorities (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regional-and-district-health-authorities-membership-and-procedure-regulations-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 2nd July 1990\nLaid before Parliament 5th July 1990\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)\nfor certain purposes 26th July 1990\nfor all other purposes 17th September 1990\nThe Secretary of State for Health, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of powers conferred upon them by sections 16(1), 126(4) and 128(1) of, and paragraphs 12 and 12A of Schedule 5 to, the National Health Service Act 1977, paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; section 16(1) was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), sections 1 and 2 and Schedule 1, paragraph 36 and by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”) section 3(3); section 126(4) was amended by the 1990 Act section 65(2); section 128(1) was amended by the 1990 Act, section 26(2); paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 was amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 1, paragraph 9; paragraph 12A of Schedule 5 was inserted by the 1990 Act Schedule 1, paragraph 10, Section 128(1) is cited for the definitions of “prescribed” and “Regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1990 c. 19."
    }
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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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