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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-fund-holding-practices-scotland-amendment-regulations-1998/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/658",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Fund-holding Practices) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998",
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  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the National Health Service (Fund-holding Practices) (Scotland) Regulations 1997 (“the principal Regulations”), which provide for the recognition and operation of fund-holding practices.\nRegulations 2 to 8 amend the principal Regulations to take account of the enactment of the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997.\nRegulations 9 to 15 make miscellaneous amendments to the principal Regulations. Regulation 10 removes the right of a primary care purchasing practice to apply to become a standard fund-holding practice and regulation 11 permits mid-year exits from fund-holding status. Regulation 14 makes further provision with regard to savings from the allotted sum. Regulation 15 amends Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations to provide for a minimum period of preparation of 12 months as a condition of obtaining recognition as a fund-holding practice.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/658/note",
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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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