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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/primary-medical-services-scotland-act-2004-commencement-order-2004/article-1",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2004/58",
  "legislation_title": "The Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (Commencement) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/primary-medical-services-scotland-act-2004-commencement-order-2004",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (Commencement) Order 2004.\n(2) In this Order–\n“the 1978 Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;\n“the 2004 Act” means the Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004; and\n“the Interpretation Order” means the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Publication and Interpretation etc. of Acts of the Scottish Parliament) Order 1999.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 29."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/1379."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/58/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:32:56.670239+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."
}