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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998/section-41",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/46",
  "legislation_title": "Scotland Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998",
  "path": "section/41",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "41",
  "heading": "Defamatory statements.",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of the law of defamation—\n(a) any statement made in proceedings of the Parliament, and\n(b) the publication under the authority of the Parliament of any statement,\nshall be absolutely privileged.\n(2) In subsection (1), “statement” has the same meaning as in the Defamation Act 1996.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1996 c. 31."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/41",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:33:08.185252+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."
}