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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-public-services-ombudsman-act-2002-consequential-provisions-and-modifications-order-2004/article-18",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1823",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-public-services-ombudsman-act-2002-consequential-provisions-and-modifications-order-2004",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40)",
  "text": "In section 79(1) of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (interpretation of Part 2)() in the definition of “office-holder” omit from “or” where it first occurs to “Scotland” where it first occurs and substitute “, the Health Service Commissioner for England or for Wales or the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 79(1) was amended by the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38), section 125 and Schedule 12, paragraph 36 and S.I. 1999/1351. There are amendments to section 79(1) which are not relevant to this Order."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1823/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:22:35.711370+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."
}