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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-care-scotland-act-2001/section-78",
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  "legislation": "asp/2001/8",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-care-scotland-act-2001",
  "path": "section/78",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "78",
  "heading": "Orders and regulations",
  "text": "(1) Any order or regulations made under this Act shall be made by statutory instrument; and, subject to subsection (2), a statutory instrument containing any such order, other than an order under section 81(2), or any such regulations shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Parliament.\n(2) A statutory instrument containing—\n(a) regulations under section 28(1)(a), 56(1)(a) or 73(2)(b);\n(b) an order under section 3 or 25(5A); or\n(c) if it amends or repeals an enactment, an order under section 80(2),\nof this Act shall not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Parliament.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 78(2)(b) inserted (17.10.2005) by Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 13), ss. 31(3), 43(3); S.S.I. 2005/492, art. 3(a), sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "asp/2026/16",
      "affecting_title": "Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/8/section/78",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:15.795839+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."
}