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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-scotland-order-2019/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2019/336",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Health Scotland Order 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-scotland-order-2019",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, and\n“the Board” means the Special Health Board, to be known as Public Health Scotland, which is constituted by this Order.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 7.12.2019, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/336/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:05:30.916612+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."
}