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  "legislation": "asp/2015/9",
  "legislation_title": "Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 in various respects; to make provision about mental health disposals in criminal cases; to make provision as to the rights of victims of crime committed by mentally-disordered persons; and for connected purposes.\nThe Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 24th June 2015 and received Royal Assent on 4th August 2015",
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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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