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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/professions-supplementary-to-medicine-act-1960/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/8-9/66",
  "legislation_title": "Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act 1960",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/professions-supplementary-to-medicine-act-1960",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to provide for the establishment of a Council, boards and disciplinary committees for certain professions supplementary to medicine; to provide for the registration of members of those professions, for regulating their professional education and professional conduct and for cancelling registration in cases of misconduct; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.\n[27th October 1960]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Act repealed (1.7.1999 for the repeal of s. 10, 11.5.2001 for the repeals of Sch. 1 para. 16(2) and Sch. 2 para. 1(1) (for specified purposes), 1.4.2002 for the repeals of ss. 1, 2(1)-(4), 3-5, 8, 9(1)(2)(5)(6), 11, 12, Sch. 1 and Sch. 2, 9.7.2003 for the repeals ss. 6, 7, 9(3)(4), 13 and 1.8.2004 in so far as not aready in force) by Health Act 1999 (c. 8), ss. 60(3), 67(1)(3), Sch. 5; S.I. 2001/1985, art. 2(2)(b); S.I. 2002/1167, arts. 2, 4, 5; S.I. 2003/1689, art. 2; S.I. 2004/1859, art. 2"
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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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