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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-primary-medical-services-scotland-act-2010/introduction",
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  "legislation": "asp/2010/3",
  "legislation_title": "Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-primary-medical-services-scotland-act-2010",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision about the retailing of tobacco products, including provision prohibiting the display of tobacco products and establishing a register of tobacco retailers; to amend the criteria for eligibility to provide primary medical services under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978; and for connected purposes.\nThe Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 27th January 2010 and received Royal Assent on 3rd March 2010",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "C",
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      "text": "Act modified (29.4.2013 for specified purposes and 6.4.2015 in so far as not already in force) by The Sale of Tobacco (Display of Tobacco Products and Prices etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/85), regs. 1(1), 17"
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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."
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