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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-and-civil-partnership-scotland-act-2014/section-16",
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  "legislation": "asp/2014/5",
  "legislation_title": "Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014",
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  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Same sex marriage: protection of freedom of expression etc.",
  "text": "(1) For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Part so far as it makes provision for the marriage of persons of the same sex and as to the persons who may solemnise such marriages affects the exercise of—\n(a) the Convention right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion,\n(b) the Convention right to freedom of expression, or\n(c) any equivalent right conferred by rule of law.\n(2) “Convention right” has the same meaning as in the Human Rights Act 1998.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 16 in force at 16.12.2014 by S.S.I. 2014/287, art. 3, 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."
}