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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/29",
  "legislation_title": "National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the national health service in Scotland.\n[20th July 1978]",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act extended by Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 36, SIF 85), ss. 17(2), 114(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Power to amend conferred by Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48, SIF 113:1), s. 28(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Power to modify conferred (1.4.1991) by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 39(8); S.I. 1991/607, art.2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "By S.I. 1990/2639, art. 4 certain functions of the Secretary of State are made exercisable (1.4.1991) by the Health Education Board for Scotland Act: extended (15.8.1997) by 1997 c. 46, s. 10(1); S.I. 1997/1780, art. 2(1), Sch. Act: modified (15.8.1997) by 1997 c. 46, s. 10(2); S.I. 1997/1780, art. 2(1), Sch. Act: power to restrict conferred (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 46, s. 13(9), Sch. 1 para. 4(1)(b)(2)(3); S.I. 1998/631, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 Act: power to modify conferred (prosp.) by 1999 c. 8, ss. 61(3)(4), 67(1) Act: certain functions of the Scottish Ministers made exercisable by the Health Technology Board for Scotland (1.4.2000) by virtue of S.S.I. 2000/47, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Act: certain functions transferred (31.3.2002) by S.S.I. 2002/103, art. 4(1)(a) (with art. 4(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Act modified (5.10.2005) by Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13), ss. 288(4), 333(3); S.S.I. 2005/161, art. 3 (as substituted by S.S.I. 2005/375, art. 2)"
    }
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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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