{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-scotland-act-1945",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-scotland-act-1945.json",
  "id": "ukpga/Geo6/9-10/15",
  "title": "Public Health (Scotland) Act 1945",
  "short_title": "Public Health (Scotland) Act 1945",
  "long_title": "An Act to consolidate with amendments the provisions of Part IV of the Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897, as amended by the Public Health Act 1904, relating to epidemic, endemic or infectious diseases.",
  "citation": "9 & 10 Geo. 6 c. 15",
  "type": "ukpga",
  "year": "Geo6/9-10",
  "number": "15",
  "version": "current",
  "date": "1945-12-20",
  "revised": true,
  "valid_from": "2009-10-01",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "unapplied_effects": 0,
  "provisions": [
    {
      "path": "introduction",
      "kind": "introduction",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Introductory text",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-scotland-act-1945/introduction",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/1",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "1",
      "heading": "Power of Secretary of State to make regulations with a view to the treatment of certain diseases, and for preventing the spread of such diseases.",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-scotland-act-1945/section-1",
      "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/2",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "2",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-scotland-act-1945/section-2",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/3",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "3",
      "heading": "Citation.",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-scotland-act-1945/section-3",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    }
  ],
  "has_text": true,
  "pdfs": [
    {
      "title": "Printed copy",
      "main": true,
      "language": null,
      "date": "2025-03-24",
      "size": 273916,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-scotland-act-1945/pdf/ukpga_19450015_en.pdf",
      "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/9-10/15/pdfs/ukpga_19450015_en.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "made_under": [],
  "changes_made_to": 5,
  "changes_made_to_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-scotland-act-1945/changes.json",
  "changes_made_by": 0,
  "changes_made_by_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-scotland-act-1945/changes/by-it.json",
  "instruments_made_under": 0,
  "instruments_made_under_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-scotland-act-1945/instruments.json",
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/9-10/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:26:08.732265+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."
}