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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/stockport-acute-services-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1993/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2622",
  "legislation_title": "The Stockport Acute Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/stockport-acute-services-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1993",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Nature and functions of the trust",
  "text": "(1) The trust is established for the purpose specified in section 5(1)(a) of the Act.\n(2) The trust’s functions (which include functions which the Secretary of State considers appropriate in relation to the provision of services by the trust for one or more health authorities) shall be to own and manage hospital accommodation and services provided at Stepping Hill Hospital, Poplar Grove, Stockport, Cheshire SK2 7JE and associated hospitals.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2622/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:48:33.593771+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."
}