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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/management-of-offenders-etc-scotland-act-2005/section-23",
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  "legislation": "asp/2005/14",
  "legislation_title": "Management of Offenders etc. (Scotland) Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/management-of-offenders-etc-scotland-act-2005",
  "path": "section/23",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“the 1993 Act” means the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 (c. 9);\n...\n“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39); and\n“relevant person” has the meaning given by section 1(2).",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 23 repealed (31.3.2017) by Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 10), s. 41(2), sch. 2 para. 5(5); S.S.I. 2017/33, reg. 2(1)(2), sch."
    }
  ],
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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."
}