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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-act-1983-amendment-order-2002/schedule-1/paragraph-37",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/3135",
  "legislation_title": "The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002",
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  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/37",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "The Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "text": "In the Adoption Agencies (Scotland) Regulations 1996 —\n(a) in regulation 8(b) (duties of adoption agencies in making arrangements for freeing for adoption), after “fully registered practitioner” insert “ who holds a licence to practise ”;\n(b) in regulation 9 (duties of adoption agencies in making arrangements after adoption), after “fully registered practitioner” insert “ who holds a licence to practise ”;\n(c) in paragraph 17 of Part I of Schedule 2 (particulars relating to the child), after “fully registered medical practitioner” insert “ who holds a licence to practise ”;\n(d) in paragraph 15 of Part II of Schedule 2 (particulars relating to each parent, including where appropriate, a father or mother who does not have parental responsibilities or rights in relation to the child), after “fully registered medical practitioner” insert “ who holds a licence to practise ”; and\n(e) in paragraph 25 of Part IV of Schedule 2 (particulars relating to each prospective adopter), after “fully registered medical practitioner” insert “ who holds a licence to practise ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/3266."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/234",
      "affecting_title": "The General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2010"
    }
  ],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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