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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-licensing-scotland-act-2010/section-44",
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  "legislation": "asp/2010/13",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-licensing-scotland-act-2010",
  "path": "section/44",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Sexual offences: defences in relation to offences against older children",
  "text": "In section 39 of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 9) (defences in relation to offences against older children), in subsection (4)(c), after “section 30(2)(d)” insert “ or (e) ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 44 in force at 1.12.2010 by S.S.I. 2010/357, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/13/section/44",
    "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."
}