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  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Social Services Council (Appointments, Procedure and Access to the Register) Regulations 2001",
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  "text": "(1) At any meeting of the Council the convener or, in the convener’s absence, the deputy convener (if there is one who is present) shall preside.\n(2) If the convener and deputy convener are both absent, such other member present as the other members present shall choose for the purpose shall preside.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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