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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-bodies-joint-working-prescribed-health-board-functions-scotland-regulations-2014/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-bodies-joint-working-prescribed-health-board-functions-scotland-regulations-2014/schedule-3/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2014/344",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Prescribed Health Board Functions) (Scotland) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-bodies-joint-working-prescribed-health-board-functions-scotland-regulations-2014",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Schedule 3",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“Allied Health Professional” means a person registered as an allied health professional with the Health Professions Council;\n“general medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner whose name is included in the General Practitioner Register kept by the General Medical Council;\n“general medical services contract” means a contract under section 17J of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;\n“hospital” has the meaning given by section 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;\n“inpatient hospital services” means any health care service provided to a patient who has been admitted to a hospital and is required to remain in that hospital overnight, but does not include any secure forensic mental health services;\n“out of hours period” has the same meaning as in regulation 3 of the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Scotland) Regulations 2018; and\n“the public dental service” means services provided by dentists and dental staff employed by a health board under the public dental service contract.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in sch. 3 para. 1 substituted (1.4.2018) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/66), reg. 1, sch. 10 para. 9(2) (with reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 1 in force at 28.11.2014, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/344/schedule/3/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:32:22.488254+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."
}