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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-amendment-no-2-regulations-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/981",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Medical Services) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1997",
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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 Services) Regulations 1992 (“the principal Regulations”) which regulate the terms on which doctors provide general medical services under the National Health Service Act 1977.\nRegulation 2(2) removes certain drugs or other substances from the list in Schedule 10 to the principal Regulations, which lists drugs and other substances which may not be prescribed for supply in the course of pharmaceutical services under the National Health Service Act 1977. Regulation 2(3) includes certain drugs or other substances in that list. Regulation 2(4) includes another drug in Schedule 11 to the principal Regulations, which lists drugs which may be prescribed only in certain circumstances.",
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  "version": "current",
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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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