{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-hospitals-board-for-scotland-order-1995/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-hospitals-board-for-scotland-order-1995/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/574",
  "legislation_title": "The State Hospitals Board for Scotland Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-hospitals-board-for-scotland-order-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND\nMade 3rd March 1995\nLaid before Parliament 10th March 1995\nComing into force 1st April 1995\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2(1)(b), (1A), (1B) and (1C) and 105(7) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, as read with section 102(3) and (4)(b) of that Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 29; section 2(1) was amended by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41) (“the 1983 Act”), Schedule 7, paragraph 1, and by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), section 28 which inserted subsections (1)(b), (1A), (1B) and (1C); section 105(7) which was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) (“the 1980 Act”), Schedule 6, paragraph 5(1) and Schedule 7, and by the 1983 Act, Schedule 9, paragraph 24, contains provisions relevant to the exercise of the powers under which this Order is made."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 102(3) and (4)(b) which was substituted by the State Hospitals (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 16), section 1, (“the 1994 Act”), contains provisions relevant to the exercise of the powers under which this Order is made; the relevant Commencement Order is S.I. 1995/576."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/574/introduction",
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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."
}