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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/9-10/15",
  "legislation_title": "Public Health (Scotland) Act 1945",
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  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "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.\n[20th December 1945]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act extended by Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (c. 46), s. 62; amended by ibid., s. 73 and Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 142"
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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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