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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-scotland-regulations-2009/schedule-4/paragraph-5A",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/183",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-scotland-regulations-2009",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/5A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5A",
  "heading": "Independent legal assessor",
  "text": "(1) The Board may appoint an independent legal assessor to assist them in their deliberations, including voting.\n(2) The independent legal assessor’s role is to provide legal and technical advice and support.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 5A inserted (28.6.2014) by The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/148), regs. 1(1), 9(a) (with reg. 14)"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:01:31.574730+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}