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<Title><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/13" id="c00001" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2026" Number="0013">Non-surgical Procedures and Functions of Medical Reviewers (Scotland) Act 2026</Citation>
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<Number>13</Number>
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<DateText>12 May 2026</DateText>
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<Title><CitationSubRef id="c00118" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/13/section/18" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-18">Section 18</CitationSubRef>: Review of <CitationSubRef id="c00120" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/13/part/1" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="part-1">Part 1</CitationSubRef></Title>
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<Text>This section requires the Scottish Ministers to carry out a review of both the inclusion of the procedures specified in schedule 1 of the Act, and the operation of Part 1 of the Act.  The Scottish Ministers must also prepare a report on the review and publish the report.  Each of these things must be done within five years of the coming into force of section 3 (offence of providing a non-surgical procedure outwith permitted premises).</Text>
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<Text>Subsection (<CitationSubRef id="c00122" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/13/section/18/2" CitationRef="c00118" SectionRef="section-18-2">2</CitationSubRef>) allows the Scottish Ministers to delegate these functions of carrying out the review, and preparing and publishing a report on it, to another person.</Text>
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<Text>The review must include an assessment of the impact of Part 1 of the Act on businesses and the enforcement of the requirements imposed under Part 1 of the Act (together with other appropriate matters) (see subsection (3)).</Text>
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<Text>HIS, the Chief Constable of Police Scotland and other appropriate persons must be consulted in relation to the review (see subsection (4)) and the Scottish Ministers must lay the report on the review before the Scottish Parliament (see subsection (5)).</Text>
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