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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forensic-medical-services-victims-of-sexual-offences-scotland-act-2021/introduction",
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  "legislation": "asp/2021/3",
  "legislation_title": "Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forensic-medical-services-victims-of-sexual-offences-scotland-act-2021",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act of the Scottish Parliament to confer on health boards functions relating to the provision of forensic medical services to victims of sexual offences; and for connected purposes.\nThe Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 10th December 2020 and received Royal Assent on 20th January 2021",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Act applied (with modifications) (19.6.2023) by The Service Police (Complaints etc.) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/624), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8"
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  "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."
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