{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997/schedule-8A/paragraph-34A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997/schedule-8A/paragraph-34A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/50",
  "legislation_title": "Police Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997",
  "path": "schedule/8A/paragraph/34A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "34A",
  "heading": "Medical professions etc.",
  "text": "An offence under any of the following provisions of the Dentists Act 1984—\n(a) section 38 (prohibition on practice of dentistry by laymen),\n(b) section 39 (prohibition on use of practitioners’ titles by laymen).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Schs. 8A, 8B inserted (S.) (8.2.2016) by The Police Act 1997 and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 Remedial (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/423), arts. 1(2), 3(8) (with arts. 5-10, 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 8A paras. 34A-34F inserted (19.12.2022) by The Police Act 1997 (Offences in Schedules 8A and 8B) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/379), regs. 1, 2(20)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/50/schedule/8A/paragraph/34A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:24:18.907526+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."
}