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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sandwell-and-west-birmingham-hospitals-national-health-service-trust-establishment-amendment-order-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2345",
  "legislation_title": "The Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Amendment Order 2003",
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  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2002, which established the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals National Health Service Trust.\nArticle 2 of the Order designates the trust as having a significant teaching commitment. Article 3 of the Order increases the number of non-executive directors of the trust from 5 to 6 and requires that one of them must be appointed from the University of Birmingham to reflect the trust’s teaching commitment.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2345/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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