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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-discipline-committees-scotland-regulations-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/330",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Discipline Committees) (Scotland) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-discipline-committees-scotland-regulations-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE\nMade 7th June 2006\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 8th June 2006\nComing into force 1st July 2006\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 17P, 25(2), 26(2), 27(2), 29(1), 105(7), 106(a) and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978and section 17 of the Health and Medicines Act 1988and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf and after consulting the Council on Tribunals and its Scottish Committee in accordance with section 8(1) and (3) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 29; section 17P was inserted by the Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 1) (“the 2004 Act”), section 5(2); section 25(2) was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 40(2) and Schedule 9, paragraph 19, the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46) (“the 1997 Act”), Schedule 2, paragraph 43 and Schedule 3, and the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) (“the 1999 Act”), section 56; section 26(2) was substituted by the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 13), (“the 2005 Act”), section 19, section 27(2) was substituted by the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 66), section 3, and amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 9, paragraph 19; section 105(7) which contains provisions relevant to the making of Regulations, was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), Schedule 6, paragraph 5 and Schedule 7, the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), Schedule 9, paragraph 24 and the 1999 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 60; section 108(1) contains definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1988 (c. 49) (“the 1988 Act”); section 17 was amended by S.I. 2004/167."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1992 c. 53."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/330/introduction",
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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."
}