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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3730",
  "legislation_title": "The General Medical Council (Professional Performance) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-council-professional-performance-amendment-rules-order-of-council-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MEDICAL PROFESSION\nMade 20th November 2001\nLaid before Parliament 21st November 2001\nComing into force 12th December 2001\nAt the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 20th day of November 2001\nBy the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council\nWhereas in pursuance of paragraphs 1(1), 1(2A) and 5A(1) of Schedule 4 to the Medical Act 1983 the General Medical Council, having consulted with such bodies of persons representing medical practitioners as appeared to the said Council to be requisite, have made the General Medical Council (Professional Performance) (Amendment) Rules 2001 as set out in the Schedule to this Order:\nAnd whereas by paragraph 1(5) of the said Schedule 4 such Rules shall not come into force 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 approve the same:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 54. The Act was amended by the Medical (Professional Performance) Act 1995 (c. 51) and by S.I. 2000/1803."
    }
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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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