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title: "National Health Service Act 1966"
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# National Health Service Act 1966

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

National Health Service Act 1966
1966 c. 8
An Act to facilitate the financing of premises and equipment used by practitioners providing general medical services; to modify the prohibition of full-time salaries for practitioners providing general medical services; and for purposes connected therewith.
[10th March 1966]

## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-1}



## 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-2A}



## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-3}



## 10 Modification of prohibition of full-time salaried practitioner service. {#section-10}

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## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-11}



## 12 Citation, commencement and extent. {#section-12}

(1) This Act may be cited as the National Health Service Act 1966.
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(4) This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.

## SCHEDULE {#schedule}

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