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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliamentary-commissions-and-commissioners-etc-act-2010/schedule-3/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "asp/2010/11",
  "legislation_title": "Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010",
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  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
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  "text": "In section 19 (confidentiality of information)—\n(a) in subsection (3)—\n(i) for “patients”, where it first occurs, there is substituted “ individuals (in particular or in general) ”,\n(ii) for “and” there is substituted “ or ”,\n(iii) for “patients”, where it second occurs, there is substituted “ the particular individuals or, as the case may be, individuals in general ”,\n(b) after subsection (4) there is inserted—\n“(4A) The duty under subsection (4)(a) to inform a person about the identity of a person to whom information has been disclosed does not apply where informing the former person is likely to constitute a threat to the health or safety of the latter person.”",
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  "status": null,
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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."
}