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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smoking-prohibition-children-in-motor-vehicles-scotland-act-2016/section-1",
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  "legislation": "asp/2016/3",
  "legislation_title": "Smoking Prohibition (Children in Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smoking-prohibition-children-in-motor-vehicles-scotland-act-2016",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Offence of smoking in a motor vehicle with children",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence for an adult to smoke in a private motor vehicle when––\n(a) there is a child in the vehicle, and\n(b) the vehicle is in a public place.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a private motor vehicle that is designed or adapted for use as living accommodation and which, at the time the smoking occurs, is parked and is being used as living accommodation.\n(3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 1 in force at 5.12.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/259, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/3/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:40.168645+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."
}