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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-and-pharmaceutical-services-amendment-regulations-1991/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2263",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) Amendment Regulations 1991",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations further amend the National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 1974 (“the 1974 Regulations”) which regulate the terms on which doctors and chemists provide general medical services and pharmaceutical services under the National Health Service Act 1977.\nRegulation 2(2)(a) removes certain substances from the list, in Schedule 3A to the 1974 Regulations, of drugs and other substances which may not be prescribed for supply, and which may not be dispensed, in the course of pharmaceutical services under the National Health Service Act 1977. Certain other substances are included in that list by regulation 2(2)(b).",
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  "version": "current",
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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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