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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carers-scotland-act-2016/section-23",
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  "legislation_title": "Carers (Scotland) Act 2016",
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  "heading": "National eligibility criteria",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish Ministers may make regulations setting out national eligibility criteria.\n(2) National eligibility criteria are the criteria by which each local authority must assess whether it is required to provide support to carers to meet carers' identified needs.\n(3) Where regulations under this section are made and have not been revoked—\n(a) the national eligibility criteria set out in them apply in place of any local eligibility criteria published under section 22,\n(b) sections 21 and 22 do not apply, and\n(c) references in sections 9(1)(i) and (j), 15(1)(j) and (k) and 24(3) to local eligibility criteria are to be read as references to national eligibility criteria.\n(4) Regulations under this section may modify any enactment (including this Act).",
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  "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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