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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-boards-membership-and-procedure-scotland-amendment-regulations-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2005/108",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Boards (Membership and Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-boards-membership-and-procedure-scotland-amendment-regulations-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE\nMade 2nd March 2005\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 3rd March 2005\nComing into force 1st April 2005\nThe Scottish Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(10), 105(7) and 108(1) of, and by paragraphs 4 and 11 of Schedule 1 to, the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 29. Section 105(7) was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) (“the 1980 Act”), Schedule 6, paragraph 5(1) and Schedule 7, the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), Schedule 9, Part I, paragraph 24 and the Health Act 1999 (c. 8), Schedule 4, paragraph 60; section 108(1) contains definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made; paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), Schedule 5, paragraph 3; paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 was amended by the 1980 Act, Schedule 6, paragraph 7(4)(a) and Schedule 7 and the 1990 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 7. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/108/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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