{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-education-board-for-scotland-amendment-order-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2003/154",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Education Board for Scotland Amendment Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-education-board-for-scotland-amendment-order-2003",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Health Education Board for Scotland Order 1990 (“the principal Order”) which constituted a Special Health Board (known as the “Health Education Board for Scotland”).\nIn particular–\narticle 3 of this Order amends the interpretation provisions in article 2 of the principal Order so that references to “the Board” are to be interpreted as references to “NHS Health Scotland”.\narticle 4 amends the principal Order to change the name of the Special Health Board created by the principal Order to “NHS Health Scotland”.\narticle 5 adds a new function to the existing functions of the Special Health Board constituted by the principal Order.\nIn addition this Order amends article 4 and the Schedule to the principal Order to delete references to legislation that is no longer applicable and to apply certain legislation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/154/note",
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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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