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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-national-health-service-scotland-act-1978-independent-clinic-amendment-order-2016/note",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2016/9780111030936",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (Independent Clinic) Amendment Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-national-health-service-scotland-act-1978-independent-clinic-amendment-order-2016",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the definition of “independent clinic” in section 10F of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 to add registered nurses, registered midwives and dental care professionals to the existing health professionals (medical practitioners and dental practitioners) listed in that definition.\nThis Order also provides for certain exceptions to the definition of “independent clinic”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2016/9780111030936/note",
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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."
}