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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/schedule-7A/paragraph-21",
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  "legislation_title": "National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978",
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  "number": "21",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "An NHS trust shall not be regarded as the servant or agent of the Crown or, except as provided by this Act, as enjoying any status, immunity or privilege of the Crown; and an NHS trust’s property shall not be regarded as property of, or property held on behalf of, the Crown.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Schs. 7A, 7B inserted by National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19, SIF 113:2), s. 32, Sch. 6"
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  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "asp/2002/5",
      "affecting_title": "Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002"
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      "affecting_title": "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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