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<Title><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2001/14" id="c00001" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2001" Number="0014">Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001</Citation></Title>
<Number>14</Number>
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<DateText>6 November 2001</DateText>
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<Title><CitationSubRef id="c00050" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2001/14/section/6" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-6">Section 6</CitationSubRef>: Amendment to the Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981</Title>
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<Text><CitationSubRef id="c00052" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2001/14/section/6" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-6">Section 6</CitationSubRef> amends the Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981, so as to provide that an individual cannot be granted a power of arrest under that Act if he or she has already been granted a power of arrest under this Act. This is consistent with section 1(2)(b) of the Act, which provides that an individual cannot be granted a power of arrest under the Act if he or she has already been granted a power of arrest under the <Abbreviation Expansion="Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981 c. 59">1981 Act</Abbreviation>.  The rationale for this is explained earlier at paragraph 17.</Text>
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