{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/period-products-free-provision-scotland-act-2021/section-9",
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  "legislation": "asp/2021/1",
  "legislation_title": "Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/period-products-free-provision-scotland-act-2021",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Key definitions",
  "text": "In this Act—\n(a) “period products” means manufactured articles the purpose of which is to absorb or collect menstrual flow,\n(b) types of period products include tampons, sanitary towels and articles which are reusable,\n(c) references to a person's needs (including to a pupil's or a student's needs) are references to the person's needs for period products arising from menstruation by the person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2021/1/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:40.946418+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."
}