{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-protection-agency-scottish-health-functions-order-2006/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/559",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Protection Agency (Scottish Health Functions) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-protection-agency-scottish-health-functions-order-2006",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Additional functions",
  "text": "There are conferred on the Health Protection Agency the following functions:\n(a) the provision of advisory services to chemicals authorities in relation to:\n(i) the human health effects from chemicals in air, water, soil and waste; and\n(ii) the protection of people in Scotland from these effects;\n(b) the provision of advisory services and support to chemicals authorities in relation to chemical incidents in Scotland;\n(c) the provision of advisory services to health care professionals in Scotland in relation to the toxicology of chemical substances;\n(d) the provision of advisory services to health care professionals in Scotland in relation to the clinical management of patients who have been poisoned; and\n(e) the provision of advisory services to public health authorities in relation to planning for public health emergencies in Scotland, to include:\n(i) the provision of training, exercising and support services in preparing for incidents; and\n(ii) the provision of advisory services and support for responding to incidents.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "ssi/2007/316",
      "affecting_title": "The Health Protection Agency (Scottish Health Functions) Amendment Order 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/559/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:17:12.577403+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."
}