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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-health-service-control-of-patient-information-regulations-2002/schedule/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2002/0110398904",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The processing of confidential patient information to enable the lawful holder of that information to identify and contact patients for the purpose of obtaining consent—\n(a) to participate in medical research;\n(b) to use the information for the purposes of medical research, or\n(c) to allow the use of tissue or other samples for medical purposes.",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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