{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/section-12IW",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/section-12IW.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": "section/12IW",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12IW",
  "heading": "Interpretation of sections 12IP to 12IV",
  "text": "In sections 12IP to 12IV—\n“employee” has the meaning given by section 12IO,\n“integration authority” has the meaning given by section 59 of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014,\n“relevant Special Health Board” has the meaning given by section 12IO,\n“staffing level tool” and “professional judgement tool” are to be construed in accordance with section 12IJ(3).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 12IP-12IW and cross-heading inserted (15.5.2023 for specified purposes, 1.4.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 6), ss. 6(2), 15(2); S.S.I. 2023/131, reg. 2, sch.; S.S.I. 2024/20, reg. 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/29/section/12IW",
    "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."
}