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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-vulnerable-groups-scotland-act-2007-consequential-provisions-order-2010/article-23",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2660",
  "legislation_title": "The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010",
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  "path": "article/23",
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  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Amendment of the General Pharmaceutical Council (Registration Rules) Order of Council 2010",
  "text": "(1) The General Pharmaceutical Council (Registration Rules) Order of Council 2010 is amended as follows.\n(2) In rule 10 (entry in the Register) of the Schedule—\n(a) in paragraph (5)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (a), omit “or the Scottish Ministers”;\n(ii) at the end of sub-paragraph (e), omit “and”;\n(iii) at the end of sub-paragraph (f) insert—\n“; and\n(g) a disclosure request and any existing disclosure record”; and\n(b) after paragraph (12), substitute—\n“(12) For the purposes of this rule—\n“attesting State” means the relevant European State in which a person applying for entry in Part 1 or Part 2 of the Register obtained their qualification as a pharmacist or, as the case may be, a pharmacy technician and, if different, the relevant European State from which that person comes to Great Britain; and\n“disclosure record” and “disclosure request” have the meaning given by section 97(1) (general interpretation) of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 23 in force at 28.2.2011, see art. 1"
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2010/1617."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2660/article/23",
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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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