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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/schedule-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/schedule-7.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1997/380",
  "legislation_title": "General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-regulations-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "schedule/7",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Minor Surgery Procedures",
  "text": "Injections\nintra-articular\nperi-articular\nvaricose veins\nhaemorrhoid\nAspirations\njoints\ncysts\nbursae\nhydrocele\nIncisions\nabscesses\ncysts\nthrombosed piles\nExcisions\nsebaceous cysts\nlipoma skin lesions for histology\nintradermal naevi, papilloma, dermatofibroma and similar conditions\nwarts\nremoval of toe nails (partial and complete)\nCurette cautery and cryocautery\nwarts and verrucae\nother skin lesions (for example molluscum contagiosum)\nOther\nremoval of foreign bodies\nnasal cautery",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 in operation at 6.10.1997, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1997/380",
      "affecting_title": "General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/380/schedule/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:27:33.456843+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}