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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-care-social-service-workers-scotland-order-2004/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2004/268",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation of Care (Social Service Workers) (Scotland) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-care-social-service-workers-scotland-order-2004",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Description of social service worker",
  "text": "For the purposes of section 44(1)(b) of the Act, the description of social service worker prescribed is, subject to Article 3, a person who is–\n(a) an employee of the Commission; and\n(b) an authorised person within the meaning of sections 25 and 27 of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 77(1) of the Act defines “prescribed” as meaning “prescribed by order made by the Scottish Ministers”."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/268/article/2",
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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."
}