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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2008/schedule-8/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/14",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Social Care Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-act-2008",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/8",
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  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In paragraph 10 (interpretation of the Schedule)—\n(a) before the definition of “Order” insert—\n““dental practitioner” means a person registered in the dentists register under the Dentists Act 1984,\n“enactment” means an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under—\n(a) an Act of Parliament,\n(b) an Act of the Scottish Parliament,\n(c) a Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales, or\n(d) Northern Ireland legislation,\n“functions” includes powers and duties,\n“medical practitioner” means a registered medical practitioner as defined by Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978,”, and\n(b) omit the words from “and other expressions” to the end.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 8(a) in force at 1.10.2008 by S.I. 2008/2497, art. 3(b)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 8(b) in force at 1.1.2009 by S.I. 2008/3244, art. 3(c)(iii)"
    }
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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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