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HIS,</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-17-2-b-ii"><num>(ii)</num><content><p>staffing requirements, and</p></content></level><level class="para2" eId="section-17-2-b-iii"><num>(iii)</num><content><p>establishing the age of persons to whom non-surgical procedures may be provided.</p></content></level></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-17-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>The Scottish Ministers—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-17-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>must publish the guidance, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-17-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>may revise or revoke the guidance.</p></content></level></subsection></section></hcontainer></part></body></act></akomaNtoso>