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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-health-authorities-establishment-and-constitution-orders-amendment-order-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1577",
  "legislation_title": "The Special Health Authorities (Establishment and Constitution Orders) Amendment Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-health-authorities-establishment-and-constitution-orders-amendment-order-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 29th June 1998\nLaid before Parliament 30th June 1998\nComing into force 21st July 1998\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 11(1) and (2) and 126(3) of the National Health Service Act 1977 and 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 11 was amended by paragraph 31 of Schedule 1 to the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) and by Schedule 10 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”) and by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”); section 126(3) was amended by section 65(2) of the 1990 Act and by paragraph 57 of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act and by paragraph 27 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1577/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."
}