{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cancer-act-1939/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cancer-act-1939/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/2-3/13",
  "legislation_title": "Cancer Act 1939",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cancer-act-1939",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Application to Scotland.",
  "text": "The following provisions shall have effect for the purpose of the application of this Act to Scotland:—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) for any reference to the Minister of Health, . . . , there shall be substituted a reference to the Secretary of State;\nc)—(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(f) subsection (7) of section four shall not apply.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 7(a) repealed by National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947 (c. 27), Sch. 11 Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VIII"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1939 (c. 20), s. 1(6)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 7(c)—(e) repealed by National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947 (c. 27), Sch. 11 Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reference to Minister of Health to be construed as reference to Secretary of State: S.I. 1968/1699, arts. 2, 5(4)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/2-3/13/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:32:57.144531+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."
}