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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-hospitals-service-authority-functions-and-membership-regulations-1989/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/949",
  "legislation_title": "The Special Hospitals Service Authority (Functions and Membership) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-hospitals-service-authority-functions-and-membership-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Functions of the Authority",
  "text": "The Authority shall perform on the Secretary of State’s behalf the functions–\n(a) of developing policies relating to the provision and management of the special hospitals for the period following the coming into force on 1st October 1989 of the Boards for Special Hospitals (Abolition) Order 1989;\n(b) of developing systems and other arrangements with a view to the carrying on of these activities by the Authority after that date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/947."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "replaced",
      "affecting": "uksi/1989/1611",
      "affecting_title": "The Special Hospitals Service Authority (Functions and Membership) Amendment Regulations 1989"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1991/1025",
      "affecting_title": "The Special Hospitals Service Authority (Functions and Membership) Amendment Regulations 1991"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/949/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:43:38.891593+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}