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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-university-degrees-edinburgh-order-of-council-1952/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1952/1602",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Surgeons (University Degrees) (Edinburgh) Order of Council 1952",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "VETERINARY SURGEONS\nMade 1st September 1952\nLaid before Parliament 1st September 1952\nComing into Operation 1st October 1952\nAt the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 1st day of September, 1952\nBy the Lords of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council\nWhereas the University of Edinburgh is a University in the United Kingdom providing courses of study and examinations leading to a veterinary degree:\nAnd Whereas it appears to the Privy Council, after consultation with the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, that the courses of study and examinations are such as sufficiently to guarantee that holders of the degree of Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (B.V.M.S.) conferred by the said University will have acquired the knowledge and skill needed for the efficient practice of veterinary surgery:\nNow, therefore, Their Lordships, in pursuance of Section 1 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1948, are pleased to direct as follows:—",
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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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