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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patient-rights-complaints-procedure-and-consequential-provisions-scotland-amendment-regulations-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2016/401",
  "legislation_title": "The Patient Rights (Complaints Procedure and Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patient-rights-complaints-procedure-and-consequential-provisions-scotland-amendment-regulations-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "National Health Service\nMade 29th November 2016\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 1st December 2016\nComing into force 1st April 2017\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 15(4) and 25(1) of the Patient Rights (Scotland) Act 2011, and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
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  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2011 asp 5."
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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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