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  "legislation_title": "The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999",
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  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In paragraph 2 above and in this paragraph—\n“ EEA Agreement” means the Agreement of the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 ;\n“ EEA State” means a state which is a contracting party to the EEA Agreement;\n“Medical Directive” means Council Directive 93/16/ EEC of 5th April 1993 to facilitate the free movement of doctors and the mutual recognitions of their diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications , as amended by Council Directive 97/50/ EC of 6th October 1997 , or any directive which replaces Directive 93/16/ EEC ;\n“Vocational training certificate” means a diploma, certificate or other evidence of formal qualifications awarded on completion of a course of specific training in general medical practice and referred to in article 30 of the Medical Directive.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 omitted (3.11.2008) by virtue of Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2683), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 128 (with arts. 3(2)(d), 4)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 3 added (18.3.2005) by The Social Security, Child Support and Tax Credits (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/337), regs. 1, 2(20)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Cm. 2183 and OJ No.L1, 3.1. 1994, p.572."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "OJ. No. L165, 7.7. 1993 page 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "OJ. No. L921, 24.10. 1997, page 35."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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