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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/functions-of-health-boards-scotland-amendment-order-2006/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/132",
  "legislation_title": "The Functions of Health Boards (Scotland) Amendment Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/functions-of-health-boards-scotland-amendment-order-2006",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThe Order amends the Functions of Health Boards (Scotland) Order 1991 (“the Order”) which specifies the functions to be exercised by Health Boards on behalf of the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 2(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (“the Act”).\nArticle 2 amends article 4 of the Order which specifies the functions to be exercised by reference to the provisions of the Act.\nArticle 2(2) confers on Health Boards all the functions of the Scottish Ministers under section 17I of the Act (power to make accommodation available etc).\nArticle 2(3) confers on Health Boards all the functions of the Scottish Ministers under section 38A of the Act (power to make arrangements regarding breastfeeding and power to disseminate information about breastfeeding etc).\nArticle 2(4) confers on Health Boards all the functions of the Scottish Ministers under section 84B of the Act (power to form companies etc).\nArticle 2(5) confers on Health Boards the powers of the Scottish Ministers under section 98 of the Act relating to the making of charges for the provision of services under the Act to persons not ordinarily resident in Great Britain, to all services provided under the Act, not only services provided by Health Boards, as was previously the case.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/132/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."
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