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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/guardianship-act-1973-repealed-1111996/section-13",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/29",
  "legislation_title": "Guardianship Act 1973 (repealed 1.11.1996)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/guardianship-act-1973-repealed-1111996",
  "path": "section/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part II.",
  "text": "(1) In this Part of this Act—\n“child” means a child under sixteen years of age;\n. . .\n“specified local authority” means a local authority within the meaning of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Definition in s. 13(1) repealed (S.) (25.09.1991) by Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 50, SIF 49:8), ss. 10(2), 11(2), Sch. 2 (with s. 1(3))."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1968 c. 49."
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  "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."
}