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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/641",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2005",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Persons duly authorised to dispense on behalf of dispensing doctors",
  "text": "Where this Schedule imposes a requirement on a dispensing doctor in respect of an activity which he has duly authorised another person to undertake, if that other person undertakes that activity instead of the dispensing doctor—\n(a) that other person must comply with that requirement; and\n(b) that dispensing doctor must secure compliance with that requirement by that other person,\nand references in this Schedule to a dispensing doctor shall be construed accordingly.",
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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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