{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/episcopal-church-scotland-act-1864/section-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/27-28/94",
  "legislation_title": "Episcopal Church (Scotland) Act 1864",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/episcopal-church-scotland-act-1864",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Definition of “Protestant Episcopal Church in Scotland”.",
  "text": "The words “Protestant Episcopal Church in Scotland” shall, for the purposes of this Act, mean the episcopal communion in Scotland as mentioned in the first-recited Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "The “first-recited Act” is the Scottish Episcopalians Relief Act 1792 (c. 63)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/27-28/94/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:04:46.359531+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."
}