{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-act-1983-amendment-order-2000/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-act-1983-amendment-order-2000/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1803",
  "legislation_title": "The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-act-1983-amendment-order-2000",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 3rd August 2000.\n(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Medical Act 1983.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 54, as amended by the Medical (Professional Performance) Act 1995 (1995 c. 51)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1803/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:11.427920+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."
}