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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-council-interim-orders-committee-procedure-rules-order-of-council-2000/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2053",
  "legislation_title": "The General Medical Council (Interim Orders Committee) (Procedure) Rules Order of Council 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-council-interim-orders-committee-procedure-rules-order-of-council-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MEDICAL PROFESSION\nMade 12th July 2000\nComing into force 3rd August 2000\nAt the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 12th day of July 2000\nBy the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council\nWhereas in pursuance of paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 4 to the Medical Act 1983 the General Medical Council have made the General Medical Council (Interim Orders Committee) (Procedure) Rules 2000 as set out in the Schedule to this Order:\nAnd whereas by paragraph 1(5) of the said Schedule such rules shall not have effect until approved by Order of the Privy Council:\nNow, therefore, Their Lordships, having taken the said rules into consideration, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said paragraph 1(5), do hereby order as follows:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 54. Paragraph 1(1) was amended by article 16 of the Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1803)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2053/introduction",
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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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