{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-scotland-act-2002/section-73",
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  "legislation": "asp/2002/13",
  "legislation_title": "Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freedom-of-information-scotland-act-2002",
  "path": "section/73",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "73",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act, unless the context requires a different interpretation—\n“the Commissioner” means the Scottish Information Commissioner;\n“body” includes an unincorporated association;\n“decision notice” has the meaning given by section 49(5);\n“enactment” includes an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament;\n“enforcement notice” has the meaning given by section 51(1);\n“exempt information” means information which is so described in any provision of Part 2;\n“fees notice” has the meaning given by section 9(1);\n“information” (subject to sections 50(9) and 64(2)) means information recorded in any form;\n“information notice” has the meaning given by section 50(1);\n“Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 (c.26);\n“the Parliamentary corporation” means the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body;\n“publication scheme” has the meaning given by section 23(1)(a);\n“refusal notice” has the meaning given by section 16(1) (including that section as read with section 18(2));\n“requirement for review” has the meaning given by section 20(2);\n“Scottish public authority” has the meaning given by section 3(1);\n“subordinate legislation” has the same meaning as in the Interpretation Act 1978 (c.30) but includes an instrument made under an Act of the Scottish Parliament; and\n“working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day or a day which, under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c.80), is a bank holiday in Scotland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/13/section/73",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:59.929274+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."
}