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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-licensing-scotland-act-2010/schedule-7/paragraph-73",
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  "legislation": "asp/2010/13",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010",
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  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/73",
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  "number": "73",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 135 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (interpretation: mentally disordered persons), after subsection (2) insert—\n“(2A) In the application of this Part in relation to Scotland, a reference to a person being found not guilty of an offence by reason of insanity is to be read as a reference to a person being acquitted of an offence by reason of the special defence set out in section 51A of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 73 in force at 25.6.2012 with application in accordance with art. 3 by S.S.I. 2012/160, art. 3, Sch. (with art. 4)"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:22.831430+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."
}