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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-ambulance-services-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/678",
  "legislation_title": "The Welsh Ambulance Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-ambulance-services-national-health-service-trust-establishment-order-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nWALES\nMade 26th February 1998\nComing into force 1st April 1998\nThe Secretary of State for Wales, in exercise of powers conferred by section 5(1) of and paragraphs 1, 3 and 6(2)(d) of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, section 25(2) of the Welsh Language Act 1993 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after completion of the consultation prescribed under section 5(2) of that Act and considering it appropriate to include, among the functions of the NHS trust established by this Order certain functions in relation to the provision of services by the trust for Health Authorities or Special Health Authorities hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 19; paragraph 1 of Schedule is cited for the definition of “an order”; paragraphs 3 and 6 were amended by paragraph 85 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17) (“the 1995 Act”)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1993 c. 38."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 5(2) was substituted by paragraph 69 of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See section 5(6) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19)."
    }
  ],
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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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