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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-etc-scotland-act-2008/section-18",
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  "legislation": "asp/2008/5",
  "legislation_title": "Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008",
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  "path": "section/18",
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  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Electronic notification",
  "text": "(1) The requirement in sections 13(2), 14(2), 15(1) and (5) and 16(2) for information to be provided in writing may be satisfied by a document in electronic form—\n(a) transmitted by electronic means; and\n(b) capable of being reproduced in legible form.\n(2) For the purposes of sections 13(2), 14(2), 15(1) and (5) and 16(2), a document transmitted in accordance with subsection (1) is to be taken to be received on the day of transmission.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 18 in force at 1.1.2010 by S.S.I. 2009/404, art. 2(3), Sch. 3"
    }
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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."
}