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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nhs-quality-improvement-scotland-amendment-order-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2005/115",
  "legislation_title": "The NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (Amendment) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nhs-quality-improvement-scotland-amendment-order-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE\nMade 1st March 2005\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 3rd March 2005\nComing into force 1st April 2005\nThe Scottish Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(1)(b) and 105(6) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 29 (“the Act”). Section 2(1)(b) of the Act was inserted by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 28. The functions of the Secretary of State so far as they are exercisable in Scotland were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) (“the 1998 Act”)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/115/introduction",
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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."
}