{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-2016/section-53",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-2016/section-53.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2016/11",
  "legislation_title": "Scotland Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-2016",
  "path": "section/53",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Abortion",
  "text": "In Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998 (specific reservations) omit Section J1 (abortion).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 53 modified (temp.) (17.5.2017) by The Scotland Act 2016 (Transitional) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/444), regs. 3(1)(3), 4 (as amended (21.11.2019) by The Scotland Act 2016 (Transitional) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1439), regs. 1, 2(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 53 in force at 23.5.2016, see s. 72(7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/11/section/53",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:22.624671+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."
}