{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/age-of-legal-capacity-scotland-act-1991/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/age-of-legal-capacity-scotland-act-1991/section-9.json",
  "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/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“existing” means existing immediately before the commencement of this Act;\n. . .\n“transaction” means a transaction having legal effect, and includes—\n(a)any unilateral transaction;\n(b)the exercise of testamentary capacity;\n(c)the exercise of any power of appointment;\n(d)the giving by a person of any consent having legal effect;\n(e)the bringing or defending of, or the taking of any step in, civil proceedings;\n(f)acting as arbiter or trustee;\n(g)acting as an instrumentary witness.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Definition in s. 9 repealed (1.11.1996) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(5), Sch. 5 (with s. 103(1)); S.I. 1996/2203, art. 3(3), Sch. Table"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/50/section/9",
    "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."
}