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Text

Boxes 1 and 2: extracts from Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ ukpga/ 1991/ 50/ contents © Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

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Figures

Figure 1: Left to right: (1) Science Photo Library /Alamy; (2) dgdphotography/Alamy; (3) Elizabeth Leyden/Alamy; (4) coolife/Alamy; (5) Charles Bowman/ Alamy; (6) Ian Hooton/SPL/Alamy; (7) Terri Lee-Shield Photography/ Alamy; (8) Science Photo Library/Alamy

Figure 3: Top left: courtesy: Andrew Knowles/RegentHistory.net ; Top right: © Ian Border

Bottom left: photo: © Chronicle/Alamy; Bottom right: © photo: unknown

Figure 4: picturesbyrob//Alamy

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