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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patient-rights-complaints-procedure-and-consequential-provisions-scotland-amendment-regulations-2016/regulation-1",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2016/401",
  "legislation_title": "The Patient Rights (Complaints Procedure and Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Patient Rights (Complaints Procedure and Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 and come into force on 1st April 2017.\n(2) In these Regulations, “the 2012 Regulations” means the Patient Rights (Complaints Procedure and Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2012.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2012/36."
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  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/401/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:21:06.254974+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."
}