{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-holdings-scotland-act-1949-repealed-2591991/section-16",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/75",
  "legislation_title": "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949 (repealed 25.9.1991)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-holdings-scotland-act-1949-repealed-2591991",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Restriction of landlord’s right to penal rent or liquidated damages.",
  "text": "Notwithstanding any provision in a lease of an agricultural holding making the tenant thereof liable to pay a higher rent or other liquidated damages in the event of a breach or non-fulfilment of any of the terms or conditions in the lease, the landlord shall not be entitled to recover any sum in consequence of any breach or non-fulfilment in excess of the damage actually suffered by him in consequence of the breach or non-fulfilment.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/75/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:20:10.716020+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."
}