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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-professions-supplementary-to-medicine-regulations-1964/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1964/939",
  "legislation_title": "The National Assistance (Professions Supplementary to Medicine) Regulations 1964",
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  "number": "2",
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  "text": "(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the respective meanings hereby assigned to them:—\n“the Act” means the National Assistance Act 1948;\n“the Act of 1946” means the National Health Service Act 1946.\n(2) For the purposes of these regulations a person is registered in respect of a profession if his name is on the register maintained under the Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act 1960 by the Board for that profession.\n(3) The Interpretation Act 1889 applies to the interpretation of these regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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