{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/age-of-legal-capacity-scotland-act-1991/section-6",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/50",
  "legislation_title": "Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/age-of-legal-capacity-scotland-act-1991",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Attainment of age.",
  "text": "(1) The time at which a person attains a particular age expressed in years shall be taken to be the beginning of the relevant anniversary of the date of his birth.\n(2) Where a person has been born on 29th February in a leap year, the relevant anniversary in any year other than a leap year shall be taken to be 1st March.\n(3) The provisions of this section shall apply only to a relevant anniversary which occurs after the commencement of this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/50/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:58.532736+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."
}