{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-free-hampstead-national-health-service-trust-amendment-order-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-free-hampstead-national-health-service-trust-amendment-order-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/871",
  "legislation_title": "The Royal Free Hampstead National Health Service Trust (Amendment) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-free-hampstead-national-health-service-trust-amendment-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 19th March 1996\nComing into force 1st April 1996\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred upon him by section 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and section 5(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49; section 126(3) was amended by section 65(2) of the National Health Service Act 1990 (c. 19)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1990 c. 19."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/871/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."
}