{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/section-76",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-scotland-act-1978/section-76.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/76",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "76",
  "heading": "Inquiries.",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may cause an inquiry to be held in any case where he deems it advisable to do so in connection with any matter arising under this Act , the 2021 Act or Part 1 of the Non-surgical Procedures and Functions of Medical Reviewers (Scotland) Act 2026.\n(2) The provisions of Schedule 12 shall have effect with regard to any inquiry which the Secretary of State is, under this Act, required or authorised to hold.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 76(1) substituted (22.7.2026) by Non-surgical Procedures and Functions of Medical Reviewers (Scotland) Act 2026 (asp 13), s. 24(2), sch. 2 para. 4; S.S.I. 2026/206, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 76 modified (1.4.2012) by Patient Rights (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 5), ss. 21(1), 26(3) (with ss. 18(3), 20); S.S.I. 2012/35, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/29/section/76",
    "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."
}