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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adults-with-incapacity-scotland-act-2000/section-83",
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  "legislation": "asp/2000/4",
  "legislation_title": "Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adults-with-incapacity-scotland-act-2000",
  "path": "section/83",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "83",
  "heading": "Offence of ill-treatment and wilful neglect",
  "text": "(1) It shall be an offence for any person exercising powers under this Act relating to the personal welfare of an adult to ill-treat or wilfully neglect that adult.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to a fine, or both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2000/4/section/83",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:28.069528+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}