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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-etc-scotland-act-2008-sunbed-regulations-2009/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/388",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 (Sunbed) Regulations 2009",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations make provision under Part 8 of the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 in relation to the regulation of provision of sunbeds.\nRegulation 2 provides that a photographic identity card bearing the national Proof of Age Standards Scheme hologram is a prescribed document for establishing proof of age for the purposes of sections 95(4) and 96(5) of the Act.\nRegulation 3 prescribes the health information which must be provided in terms of section 100 of the Act by a sunbed operator to a person who proposes to use a sunbed and the form in which that information must be provided.\nRegulation 4 prescribes the content and form of notices to be displayed in sunbed premises in accordance with section 101 of the Act.\nThese Regulations were notified in draft to the European Commission in accordance with Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Official Journal No. L 204, 21.7.98, p.37), as amended by Directive 98/48/EC of the same institutions (Official Journal No. L 217, 5.8.98, p.18), which lays down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations.",
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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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