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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-medical-act-1983-amendment-knowledge-of-english-order-2014/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111108932",
  "legislation_title": "The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) (Knowledge of English) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-medical-act-1983-amendment-knowledge-of-english-order-2014",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment to section 2 of the Act",
  "text": "(1) Section 2 of the Act (registration of medical practitioners) is amended in accordance with this article.\n(2) After subsection (3) insert—\n“(4) Section 35C(2)(da) (the necessary knowledge of English) shall not apply in determining whether a person’s fitness to practise is impaired for the purposes of registration under this Act.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 2 has been amended by S.I. 2002/3135 (commencement as notified in the London Gazette dated July 1, 2003); S.I. 2006/1914 (commencement as notified in the London Gazette dated July 19, 2006 and July 20, 2007); S.I. 2007/3101 and S.I. 2008/1774."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111108932/article/2",
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  },
  "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."
}