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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-medical-evidence-regulations-1976/schedule-1/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1976/615",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Medical Evidence) Regulations 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-medical-evidence-regulations-1976",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A healthcare professional’s statement must be based on an assessment made by that healthcare professional .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 substituted (6.4.2010) by The Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/137), regs. 1(2), 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 rule 4 substituted (1.7.2022) by The Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/630), regs. 1(2), 2(8)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 rule 4 substituted (1.7.2022) by The Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/630), regs. 1(2), 2(8)(b)"
    }
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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."
}