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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patient-rights-complaints-procedure-and-consequential-provisions-scotland-regulations-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2012/36",
  "legislation_title": "The Patient Rights (Complaints Procedure and Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patient-rights-complaints-procedure-and-consequential-provisions-scotland-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "National Health Service\nMade 8th February 2012\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 10th February 2012\nComing into force 1st April 2012\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 15(4)(a) and 25(1) of the Patient Rights (Scotland) Act 2011 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "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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