{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-care-joint-working-etc-scotland-regulations-2002/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2002/533",
  "legislation_title": "The Community Care (Joint Working etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-care-joint-working-etc-scotland-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Functions prescribed for the purposes of section 15(2)(b) of the Act",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the functions prescribed for the purposes of section 15(2)(b) of the Act (NHS body functions prescribed for joint working) are specified in Schedule 2.\n(2) A function so specified shall not include one whose performance involves–\n(a) surgery, radiotherapy, termination of pregnancies, endoscopy, the use of class 4 laser treatments, and other treatments of an invasive nature; or\n(b) the provision of emergency ambulances.\n(3) Functions under section 36 of the 1978 Act shall not include functions in relation to state hospitals.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2012/65",
      "affecting_title": "The Community Care (Joint Working etc.) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/533/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:39:02.988823+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."
}