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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intercountry-adoption-hague-convention-scotland-regulations-2003/schedule-5/paragraph-9",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2003/19",
  "legislation_title": "The Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) (Scotland) Regulations 2003",
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  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Offences in Scotland",
  "text": "An offence specified in Schedule 1 to the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 except for–\n(a) in a case where the offender was under 18 at the time the offence was committed, an offence of assault; or\n(b) in a case where the offender was under 20 at the time the offence was committed, an offence contrary to section 5 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (intercourse with a girl between 13 and 16), an offence of shameless indecency between men or an offence of sodomy.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/19/schedule/5/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:38:33.483972+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."
}