{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-medical-act-1983-amendment-and-miscellaneous-amendments-order-2006/article-15",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2006/0110746813",
  "legislation_title": "The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-medical-act-1983-amendment-and-miscellaneous-amendments-order-2006",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "First article amending section 55 of the Act",
  "text": "In subsection (1) of section 55 (interpretation)—\n(a) in the definition of “fully registered person”, omit paragraph (b);\n(b) omit the definition of “limited registration”;\n(c) omit the definition of “the permitted period”; and\n(d) for the definition of “the register” substitute the following definition—\n““the register” means the register of medical practitioners;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 55(1) was numbered as such by S.I. 1996/1591 and was amended by S.I. 1996/1591, 2000/3041 and 2002/3135."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2006/0110746813/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:20:58.976370+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."
}