{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prohibition-of-female-genital-mutilation-scotland-act-2005/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prohibition-of-female-genital-mutilation-scotland-act-2005/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2005/8",
  "legislation_title": "Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prohibition-of-female-genital-mutilation-scotland-act-2005",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“United Kingdom national” is an individual who is—\n(a)a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British National (Overseas) or a British Overseas citizen;\n(b)a person who under the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) is a British subject; or\n(c)a British protected person within the meaning of that Act;\n“United Kingdom resident” is an individual who is habitually resident in the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 6 substituted (3.5.2015) by Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), ss. 70(2)(c), 88(4) (with s. 86(10))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "asp/2020/9",
      "affecting_title": "Female Genital Mutilation (Protection and Guidance) (Scotland) Act 2020"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/8/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:25.831990+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."
}