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  "legislation_title": "Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021",
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  "text": "In this schedule—\n“information society services” has the meaning given in Article 2(a) of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (Directive on electronic commerce),\n“recipient”, in relation to a service, means a person who, for professional ends or otherwise, uses an information society service, in particular for the purposes of seeking information or making it accessible,\n“service provider” means a person providing an information society service.",
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