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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-protection-of-vulnerable-groups-scotland-act-2007-automatic-listing-specified-criteria-order-2010/article-2",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2010/9780111008850",
  "legislation_title": "The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Automatic Listing) (Specified Criteria) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-protection-of-vulnerable-groups-scotland-act-2007-automatic-listing-specified-criteria-order-2010",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007;\n“relevant circumstances” means the circumstances, if any, included in the description of any offence in Schedules 1, 2, 3 and 4 relating to the commission of that offence;\n“similar offence” means any sexual offence which is similar in nature to an offence specified in Schedules 1 to 4 and which—\n(a) was provided for in an enactment which is no longer in force or was an offence at common law which has been abolished by an enactment; and\n(b) was committed by penetrating the victim’s vagina, anus or mouth by any part of the body or with anything else without the victim consenting.\n(2) In articles 3 and 4, a reference to an offence specified in one of the Schedules includes a reference to an offence which is a similar offence in relation to an offence specified in that Schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2010/9780111008850/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:37:51.630999+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."
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