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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="c00149" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/13/section/23" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-23">Section 23</CitationSubRef>: Regulations subject to the affirmative procedure: consultation</Title>
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<Text>This section requires the Scottish Ministers to consult such persons, or groups of persons, as they consider appropriate where they propose to make any regulations that are subject to the affirmative procedure, that is—</Text>
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<Text>section 1(5) (power to amend list of procedures in schedule 1),</Text>
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<Text>section 4(3) (power to modify the meaning of “permitted premises”),</Text>
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<Text>section 5(1) (power to make further provision about non-surgical procedures),</Text>
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<Text>the first regulations under section 14(1) (power to create one or more individual assessment processes to which section 26 of the 2020 Act applies),</Text>
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<Text>section 21 (ancillary power) where the regulations add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act.</Text>
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