{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/section-40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/section-40.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/40",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Vaccination and immunisation.",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish Ministers may make arrangements for the vaccination or immunisation of persons against any disease.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) The Scottish Ministers may, either directly or by another person, supply free of charge to persons providing services under this section, vaccines, sera or other preparations for vaccinating or immunising persons against any disease.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 40(1) substituted (24.9.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 4(2)(a), 59(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 40(2) repealed (1.4.2004) by Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 1), ss. 8, 9(1), {Sch. para. 1(15); S.S.I. 2004/58, art. 2(3)}"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 40(3) substituted (24.9.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 4(2)(b)(i), 59(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 40(3) substituted (24.9.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 4(2)(b)(ii), 59(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/29/section/40",
    "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."
}