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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/antisocial-behaviour-etc-scotland-act-2004/section-25",
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  "legislation": "asp/2004/8",
  "legislation_title": "Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/antisocial-behaviour-etc-scotland-act-2004",
  "path": "section/25",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 3",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“public place” means any place to which the public have access at the material time (whether on payment of a fee or otherwise); and includes—\n(a)the doorways or entrances of premises abutting on any such place;\n(b)a road (as defined in section 151(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54));\n(c)any common passage, close, court, stair or yard pertinent to any tenement or group of separately owned houses; and\n(d)any place to which the public do not have access but to which persons have unlawfully gained access; and\n“relevant locality” has the meaning given by section 19(1)(a).\n(2) In this Part, any reference to the presence or behaviour of a group of persons includes a reference to the presence or behaviour of any one or more of the persons in the group.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2004/8/section/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:35.498070+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."
}