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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/salmon-and-freshwater-fisheries-consolidation-scotland-act-2003/section-61",
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  "legislation": "asp/2003/15",
  "legislation_title": "Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/salmon-and-freshwater-fisheries-consolidation-scotland-act-2003",
  "path": "section/61",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "61",
  "heading": "Defences",
  "text": "(1) Subsection (2) applies where in accordance with a provision mentioned in subsection (3) it is a defence for a person charged with an offence to prove a particular matter.\n(2) If the person adduces evidence which is sufficient to raise an issue with respect to the matter the court or jury shall assume that the defence is satisfied unless the prosecution proves beyond reasonable doubt that it is not.\n(3) The provisions in respect of which subsection (2) applies are sections 16, 19, 20 and 30 of this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 61 in force at 1.4.2005 by S.S.I. 2005/174, art. 2"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/15/section/61",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:44.351409+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."
}