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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-profession-responsible-officers-amendment-regulations-2025/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2025/221",
  "legislation_title": "The Medical Profession (Responsible Officers) (Amendment) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-profession-responsible-officers-amendment-regulations-2025",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HEALTH CARE AND ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONS\nDOCTORS\nMade 26th February 2025\nLaid before Parliament 27th February 2025\nComing into force 27th March 2025\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of powers conferred by section 45A of the Medical Act 1983.\nThe Secretary of State has consulted the Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers in accordance with section 45E(2) of the Medical Act 1983.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 c. 54; Part VA (sections 45A to 45F) was inserted by section 119 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14). ‘Prescribed’ means prescribed by regulations under section 45A; and the ‘appropriate authority’ means the Secretary of State in relation to England and Wales and Scotland (section 45F)."
    }
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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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