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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-hospitals-service-authority-functions-and-membership-regulations-1989/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/949",
  "legislation_title": "The Special Hospitals Service Authority (Functions and Membership) Regulations 1989",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 8th June 1989\nLaid before Parliament 9th June 1989\nComing into force\nRegulations 1 to 7 1st July 1989\nRegulation 8 1st October 1989\nThe Secretary of State for Health in exercise of powers conferred by sections 12, 13 and 18(1) of, and paragraphs 12 and 16 of Schedule 5 to the National Health Service Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49."
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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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