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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/historical-sexual-offences-pardons-and-disregards-scotland-act-2018/section-3",
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  "legislation": "asp/2018/14",
  "legislation_title": "Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) (Scotland) Act 2018",
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  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Pardons for certain historical sexual offences",
  "text": "A person who has been convicted of a historical sexual offence is pardoned for the offence if the conduct constituting the offence, if occurring in the same circumstances, would not be an offence on the day on which this section comes into force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 3 in force at 15.10.2019 by S.S.I. 2019/205, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2018/14/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:09.018359+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."
}