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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-and-medical-devices-act-2021/section-38",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/3",
  "legislation_title": "Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-and-medical-devices-act-2021",
  "path": "section/38",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Civil proceedings",
  "text": "(1) An obligation imposed by a medical devices provision is to be treated as a duty owed to any person who may be affected by a breach of the obligation.\n(2) Accordingly, a breach of such an obligation gives rise to a right of action for breach of statutory duty.\n(3) Subsections (1) and (2) are subject to—\n(a) a provision to the contrary in a medical devices provision, and\n(b) the defences and other incidents applying to actions for breach of statutory duty.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 38 in force at 26.5.2021 by S.I. 2021/610, reg. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/3/section/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:59:13.676472+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."
}