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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patient-rights-complaints-procedure-and-consequential-provisions-scotland-regulations-2012/schedule/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2012/36",
  "legislation_title": "The Patient Rights (Complaints Procedure and Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2012",
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  "path": "schedule/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of the National Health Service (Discipline Committees) (Scotland) Regulations 2006.",
  "text": "(1) The National Health Service (Discipline Committees) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—\n(a) in paragraph (1), omit the definition of “complaint”;\n(b) omit paragraph (2).\n(3) In regulation 4 (provisions relating to the start of disciplinary proceedings) omit paragraphs (4) and (5).\n(4) In regulation 6 (time limits)—\n(a) omit paragraph (1);\n(b) in paragraph (5), for “(1), (2), (3) or (4)”, substitute “(2), (3) or (4)”.\n(5) In paragraph 6(5) (procedure at the hearing) of Schedule 2 (procedure for investigation by discipline committees), for “the investigation of the complaint” in each place it occurs, substitute “consideration as part of the hearing”.",
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  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 4 in force at 1.4.2012, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2006/330."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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