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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-scotland-amendment-regulations-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2001/62",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-ophthalmic-services-scotland-amendment-regulations-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE\nMade 2nd March 2001\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 6th March 2001\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 26, 105(7), 106(a) and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 29; section 26 was amended by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48) (“the 1984 Act”) section 1(5) and (7), Schedule 1, Part II, paragraphs 1 to 4 and Schedule 8 and by the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), section 13(4); 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, by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), Schedule 9, paragraph 24, and by the Health Act 1999 (c. 8), 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)."
    }
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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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