{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-act-2015/schedule-11/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-act-2015/schedule-11/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2015/20",
  "legislation_title": "Deregulation Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-act-2015",
  "path": "schedule/11/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 31A (specimens of blood taken from persons incapable of consenting) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsections (1) and (2)(a), for “a medical practitioner” substitute “ a medical or health care practitioner ”.\n(3) In subsection (2)(b), for “a medical practitioner other than a police medical practitioner” substitute “ a practitioner other than a police medical or health care practitioner ”.\n(4) In subsection (2)(b)(i), for “to made to a police medical practitioner” substitute “ to be made to a police medical or health care practitioner ”.\n(5) In subsection (2)(b)(ii), omit “medical”.\n(6) In subsection (3), for “a medical practitioner” substitute “ a medical or health care practitioner ”.\n(7) For subsection (7) substitute—\n“(7) In this section—\n“medical or health care practitioner” means a medical practitioner or a registered health care professional;\n“police medical or health care practitioner” means a medical practitioner, or a registered health care professional, who is engaged under any agreement to provide medical or health care services for purposes connected with the activities of a police force.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 11 para. 12 in force at 10.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/994, art. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/20/schedule/11/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:53.696731+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."
}