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  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/24",
  "legislation_title": "Dentists Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dentists-act-1984",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to consolidate the Dentists Acts 1957 to 1983, with an amendment to give effect to a recommendation of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.\n[26th June 1984]\nBe it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act: power to modify conferred (15.3.2000) by 1999 c. 8, s. 60(1)(2)(a)(4), Sch. 3; S.I. 2000/779, art. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "A Table showing the derivation of the provisions of this consolidation Act will be found at the end of the Act. The Table has no official status."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Act: transitional provisions for effects of SI 2005/2011 (31.7.2006) by The Dentists Act 1984 (Amendment) Order 2005 Transitional Provisions Order of Council 2006 (S.I. 2006/1671), arts. 1-11"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Act partly in force 26.7.1984 and wholly in force 1.1.1985; see s. 55"
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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