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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/schedule-5A/paragraph-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/schedule-5A/paragraph-13.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": "schedule/5A/paragraph/13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) HIS must—\n(a) keep proper accounts and accounting records;\n(b) prepare in respect of each financial year a statement of accounts; and\n(c) send a copy of the statement to the Scottish Ministers,\nand must do so in accordance with any directions the Scottish Ministers may give.\n(2) HIS must send the statement of accounts to the Auditor General for Scotland for auditing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5A inserted (1.8.2010 for certain purposes, 1.10.2010 for certain purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), ss. 110(1), 134(7), Sch. 16; S.S.I. 2010/221, art. 3(2)(3), Sch.; S.S.I. 2010/321, art. 3, Sch."
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/29/schedule/5A/paragraph/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:48.038600+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."
}