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  "heading": "Dispensing services",
  "text": "A supplier of appliances shall, to the extent that paragraphs 4 to 7 require and in the manner described in those paragraphs, provide proper and sufficient appliances to persons presenting prescriptions for appliances by health care professionals in pursuance of their functions in the health service, the Scottish health service or the Northern Ireland health service.",
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