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  "legislation": "asp/2003/13",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003",
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  "path": "section/258",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "258",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Chapter",
  "text": "In this Chapter, other than section 252, “person” means a natural person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
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      "text": "S. 258 in force at 1.9.2004 by S.S.I. 2004/367, art. 2, Sch. 1"
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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."
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