{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-children-scotland-act-2003/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-children-scotland-act-2003/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2003/5",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-children-scotland-act-2003",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Protection from actions of defamation",
  "text": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Act (with the exception of ss. 13, 16) repealed (28.2.2011) by Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 14), s. 101(2), Sch. 4 para. 42 (with ss. 90, 99); S.S.I. 2011/157, art. 2(a) (with savings for effects of 2007 asp 14, Sch. 4 para. 42 by S.S.I. 2010/180, arts. 1, 3-12)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/5/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:52.619336+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."
}