{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adult-support-and-protection-scotland-act-2007/section-52",
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  "legislation": "asp/2007/10",
  "legislation_title": "Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adult-support-and-protection-scotland-act-2007",
  "path": "section/52",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "52",
  "heading": "Persons authorised to perform functions under this Part",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish Ministers may by order restrict the type of individual who may be authorised by a council to perform functions given to council officers by virtue of this Part.\n(2) For the purposes of this Part, a person is a “health professional” if the person is—\n(a) a doctor,\n(b) a nurse,\n(c) a midwife, or\n(d) any other type of individual described (by reference to skills, qualifications, experience or otherwise) by order made by the Scottish Ministers.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 52 in force at 5.10.2007 by S.S.I. 2007/334, art. 2(b), Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/10/section/52",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:56.603628+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."
}