{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-appointments-and-public-bodies-etc-scotland-act-2003-commencement-no-4-order-2003/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-appointments-and-public-bodies-etc-scotland-act-2003-commencement-no-4-order-2003/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2003/602",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-appointments-and-public-bodies-etc-scotland-act-2003-commencement-no-4-order-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PUBLIC BODIES\nNATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE\nMade 12th December 2003\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 21(2) and (3) of the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 asp 4."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/602/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:33:40.964392+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."
}