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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-children-scotland-act-2003-determination-regulations-2004/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-children-scotland-act-2003-determination-regulations-2004/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2004/523",
  "legislation_title": "The Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003 Determination Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-children-scotland-act-2003-determination-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–\n“the Act” means the Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003;\n“the individual” is the person who is the subject of a reference under section 2(1) or 4(1) of the Act or named in a report of a relevant inquiry to which the provisions of section 6 of the Act apply;\n“the List” means the list of individuals unsuitable to work with children kept by the Scottish Ministers in terms of section 1(1) of the Act;\n“referring body” means the organisation or person making a reference to the Scottish Ministers under section 2(1) or 4(1) of the Act;\n“relevant time limits” means the time limits prescribed in, or specified by the Scottish Ministers under, these Regulations; and\n“working day” means a day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, a bank holiday in Scotland under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971, or a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 80."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/523/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:28:31.825917+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."
}