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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patient-rights-complaints-procedure-and-consequential-provisions-scotland-regulations-2012/regulation-8",
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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": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Form of communications",
  "text": "Any communication which is required by these Regulations to be made to a complainant may be sent to the complainant electronically where the complainant—\n(a) has consented to this in writing; and\n(b) has not withdrawn such consent in writing.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in force at 1.4.2012, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/36/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:45:38.377553+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."
}