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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nursing-homes-registration-scotland-amendment-regulations-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1320",
  "legislation_title": "The Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nursing-homes-registration-scotland-amendment-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of defects in S.I. 1990/1310 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.\nPUBLIC HEALTH, SCOTLAND\nMade 23rd May 1991\nLaid before Parliament 14th June 1991\nComing into force 1st August 1991\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1A and 4 of the Nursing Homes Registration (Scotland) Act 1938, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "By virtue of the Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1939 (c. 20), section 1(1) and (6)(b), the Department of Health for Scotland means the Secretary of State."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1938 c. 73; section 1A was inserted by the Registered Establishments (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 40), section 6(3); section 4 was amended by the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 58), Schedule 6, paragraph 73 (as saved by the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29), Schedule 15, paragraph 10) and by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), Schedule 4, paragraph 10."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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