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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sexual-offences-act-2003-notification-requirements-scotland-regulations-2007/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2007/9780110716862",
  "legislation_title": "The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sexual-offences-act-2003-notification-requirements-scotland-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations–\n(a) the “2003 Act” means the Sexual Offences Act 2003;\n(b) “banking institution” means a bank, building society or other institution which provides banking services;\n(c) “business” includes any trade, profession or vocation;\n(d) “credit card” means a card which is a credit token within the meaning of section 14(1)(b) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974;\n(e) “credit card provider” means a bank, building society or other institution providing credit card services;\n(f) “debit card” means a card, operating as a substitute for a cheque, that can be used to obtain cash or to make a payment at a point of sale whereby the card holder’s account with a banking institution is debited with the payment;\n(g) “operated”, in the context of regulation 3, means operated on a self employed basis; and\n(h) “relevant offender” has the same meaning as section 80(2) of the 2003 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1974 c. 39."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2007/9780110716862/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:39:06.153031+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."
}