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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-pharmaceutical-council-continuing-professional-development-and-consequential-amendments-rules-order-of-council-2011/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1367",
  "legislation_title": "The General Pharmaceutical Council (Continuing Professional Development and Consequential Amendments) Rules Order of Council 2011",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Health Care And Associated Professions\nPharmacy\nMade 1st June 2011\nLaid before Parliament 3rd June 2011\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 3rd June 2011\nComing into force 2nd July 2011\nAt the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 1st day of June 2011\nBy the Lords of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council\nThe General Pharmaceutical Council has made the General Pharmaceutical Council (Continuing Professional Development and Consequential Amendments) Rules 2011 which are set out in the Schedule to this Order, in exercise of the powers conferred by articles 27(1), 37(3)(c)(iii), 43(7) and (8), 52(1) and (2)(b), 61(1)(b), (2) and (3) and 66(1)(a) and (c) of, and paragraph 5(3)(d) of Schedule 1 to, the Pharmacy Order 2010 .\nIn accordance with article 66(3) of that Order, the General Pharmaceutical Council has, in relation to rules under Parts 4 to 7 of that Order, consulted such persons and organisations as it considered appropriate including the organisations listed in paragraphs (a) to (h) of article 66(3) of that Order.\nBy virtue of article 66(4) of that Order, such rules cannot come into force until approved by order of the Privy Council.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "The Council was established by article 4 of the Pharmacy Order 2010 (S.I.2010/231)."
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      "label": "M2",
      "text": "See article 3(1) of the Pharmacy Order 2010 for the definition of “prescribed” which is relevant to the powers being exercised in the making of the Rules scheduled to this Order."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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