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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-primary-care-act-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-61",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/46",
  "legislation_title": "National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997",
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  "number": "61",
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  "text": "(1) The Medical Act 1983 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 11(4), in the definition of “approved”, for “, in relation to a hospital or institution,” substitute “ (except in subsection (5) ”.\n(3) In section 13—\n(a) in subsection (1), for “approved hospital or approved institution” substitute “ approved hospital, approved institution or approved medical practice ”;\n(b) in subsection (2), for “hospital or institution” substitute “ hospital, institution or medical practice ”;\n(c) in subsection (3)(a), for “an approved hospital or an approved institution” substitute “ an approved hospital, an approved institution or an approved medical practice ”.\n(4) In section 15(3), for “approved hospitals or approved institutions” substitute “ approved hospitals, approved institutions or approved medical practices ”.\n(5) In section 21(3), for “approved hospitals or approved institutions” substitute “ approved hospitals, approved institutions or approved medical practices ”.",
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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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