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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-scotland-regulations-1995/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/414",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-scotland-regulations-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND\nMade 21st February 1995\nLaid before Parliament 10th March 1995\nComing into force 31st March 1995\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2(5), 19, 20(1), 23(2A) and (4), 24, 27, 28(1), 28A, 34, 105(7), 106(a) and 108(1) of and Schedule 1, paragraph 11(b) and (c), Schedule 2, paragraph 3 and Schedule 9, paragraph 1(3) to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, and section 8(1)(a) and (5) of the Health and Medicines Act 1988, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf and after consulting the Council on Tribunals and its Scottish Committee in accordance with section 8 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 29; section 2(5) was amended by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), Schedule 9, paragraph 19(1); section 19 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) (“the 1980 Act”), section 7, by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41) (“the 1983 Act”), Schedule 7, paragraph 2, by the Medical Act 1983 (c. 54), Schedule 5, paragraph 17(a) and by the 1990 Act, section 37 and is to be read with the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49) (“the 1988 Act”), section 17; section 20(1) was amended by the 1980 Act, Schedule 6, paragraph 3 and S.I. 1981/432; section 23(2A) was inserted by and sub-section (4) amended by the 1990 Act, section 39(2) and (3); section 24 was amended by the 1990 Act, section 39(7); section 27 was amended by the 1980 Act, section 20(2), by the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 66) (“the 1986 Act”), section 3(3), by S.I. 1987/2202 and by the 1990 Act, Schedule 9, paragraph 19(7) and is to be read with the 1988 Act, section 17; section 28(1) was amended by the 1986 Act, section 3(4); section 28A was inserted by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48), section 7(2) and was amended by the 1988 Act, section 15; section 105(7) was amended by the 1980 Act, Schedule 6, paragraph 5 and Schedule 7 and by the 1983 Act, Schedule 9, paragraph 24; see section 108(1) for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”; paragraph 11(b) of Schedule 1 was amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 7."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1988 c. 49."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1992 c. 53."
    }
  ],
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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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