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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-services-reform-social-work-complaints-procedure-scotland-order-2016/article-4",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2016/9780111031025",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Services Reform (Social Work Complaints Procedure) (Scotland) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-services-reform-social-work-complaints-procedure-scotland-order-2016",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002",
  "text": "At the end of schedule 5 (disclosure of information by the Ombudsman) insert—\n“\nThe Scottish Social Services Council\nA matter in respect of which the Scottish Social Services Council could exercise any power conferred by—\n(a) section 46 (grant or refusal of registration),\n(b) section 47 (variation etc. of conditions in relation to registration),\n(c) section 49 (removal etc. from the register),\nof the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001\nSocial Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland\nA matter in respect of which Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland could exercise any power conferred by—\n(a) chapter 2 (social services: inspections),\n(b) chapter 3 (care services; registration etc.),\n(c) chapter 4 (local authority adoption and fostering services etc.),\nof Part 5 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010\n”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2001 asp 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2010 asp 8."
    }
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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."
}