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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-service-committees-and-tribunal-scotland-amendment-regulations-1994/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/3038",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1994",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) (Scotland) Regulations 1992 (“the principal Regulations”). Regulation 2 amends regulation 3 of the principal Regulations to make clear that the Health Board to which the complaint should be addressed is the one on whose list the doctor (including when a deputy acted for him), dentist, optician or pharmacist was at the time of the matter which is the subject of the complaint. Regulations 2 and 3 amend regulations 3 and 8 respectively of the principal Regulations to extend the time limit during which a complaint against a dentist may be made. Regulations 4, 5 and 6 amend respectively regulations 11 and 12 of and Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations to provide for an appeal to the Secretary of State by a complainer in circumstances where the Health Board determine that no further action should be taken on a complaint. Regulation 6 also amends paragraph 20 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations to permit as of right any member of the Council on Tribunals or the Scottish Committee thereof to be present during the Service Committee’s deliberations following a hearing.",
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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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