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  "legislation": "asp/2004/7",
  "legislation_title": "National Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004",
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  "path": "section/12",
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  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Commencement and short title",
  "text": "(1) The provisions of this Act, except section 10 and this section, come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.\n(2) Different days may be appointed under this section for different purposes.\n(3) This Act may be cited as the National Health Service Reform (Scotland) Act 2004.",
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  "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."
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