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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/convention-rights-compliance-scotland-act-2001/schedule/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "asp/2001/7",
  "legislation_title": "Convention Rights (Compliance) (Scotland) Act 2001",
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  "number": "2",
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  "text": "In this Part of this schedule—\n“existing life prisoner” means a life prisoner to whom this Part of this schedule applies by virtue of paragraph 1 above;\n“incapable” means incapable by reason of mental disorder or of inability to communicate because of physical disability; but a person shall not fall within this definition by reason only of a lack or deficiency in a faculty of communication if that lack or deficiency can be made good by human or mechanical aid (whether of an interpretative nature or otherwise);\n“life prisoner” has the same meaning as it has in section 27(1) as read with section 6 of the 1993 Act;\n“mental disorder” has the same meaning as it has in section 87 of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 4);\n“punishment part” has the same meaning as it has in section 2(2) of the 1993 Act;\n“relevant date” means the date when this Part of this schedule comes into force.",
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  "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."
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