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  "legislation": "asp/2001/14",
  "legislation_title": "Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-from-abuse-scotland-act-2001",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act of the Scottish Parliament to enable a power of arrest to be attached to interdicts granted to protect individuals from abuse; to regulate the consequences of such attachment; and for connected purposes.\nThe Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 4th October 2001 and received Royal Assent on 6th November 2001",
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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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