{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-holdings-scotland-act-1991/section-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-holdings-scotland-act-1991/section-11.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/55",
  "legislation_title": "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-holdings-scotland-act-1991",
  "path": "section/11",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Bequest of lease.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) and to sections 12A to 12C , the tenant of an agricultural holding may, by will or other testamentary writing, bequeath his lease of the holding to any one of the persons mentioned in subsection (1A) .\n(1A) The persons referred to in subsection (1) are—\n(a) any person who would be, or would in any circumstances have been, entitled to succeed to the tenant's estate on intestacy by virtue of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964,\n(b) a spouse or civil partner of a child of the tenant,\n(c) a spouse or civil partner of a grandchild of the tenant,\n(d) a spouse or civil partner of a brother or sister of the tenant,\n(e) a brother or sister of the tenant's spouse or civil partner,\n(f) a spouse or civil partner of such a brother or sister,\n(g) a child (including a step-child) of such a brother or sister,\n(h) a grandchild (including a step-grandchild) of such a brother or sister,\n(i) a step-child of the tenant,\n(j) a spouse or civil partner of such a step-child,\n(k) a descendant of such a step-child,\n(l) a step-brother or step-sister of the tenant,\n(m) a spouse or civil partner of such a step-brother or step-sister,\n(n) a descendant of such a step-brother or step-sister.\n(2) A person to whom the lease of a holding is so bequeathed (in this section and in sections 12A to 12C referred to as “the legatee”) shall, if he accepts the bequest, give notice of the bequest to the landlord of the holding within 21 days after the death of the tenant, or, if he is prevented by some unavoidable cause from giving such notice within that period, as soon as practicable thereafter.\n(3) The giving of a notice under subsection (2) above shall import acceptance of the lease and, unless the landlord gives a counter-notice under section 12A(2) or 12B(2) , the lease shall be binding on the landlord and on the legatee, as landlord and tenant respectively, as from the date of the death of the deceased tenant.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(8) If the legatee does not accept the bequest... the right to the lease shall be treated as intestate estate of the deceased tenant in accordance with Part I of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 11(1) substituted (23.12.2016) by Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 18), ss. 109(2)(a), 130(1) (with s. 128); S.S.I. 2016/365, reg. 2, sch. (with regs. 5-8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 11(1) substituted (23.12.2016) by Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 18), ss. 107(a), 130(1) (with s. 128); S.S.I. 2016/365, reg. 2, sch. (with regs. 5-8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 11(1A) inserted (23.12.2016) by Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 18), ss. 107(b), 130(1) (with s. 128); S.S.I. 2016/365, reg. 2, sch. (with regs. 5-8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 11(2) inserted (23.12.2016) by Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 18), ss. 109(2)(b), 130(1) (with s. 128); S.S.I. 2016/365, reg. 2, sch. (with regs. 5-8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 11(3) substituted (23.12.2016) by Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 18), ss. 109(2)(c), 130(1) (with s. 128); S.S.I. 2016/365, reg. 2, sch. (with regs. 5-8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 11(4)-(7) repealed (23.12.2016) by Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 18), ss. 109(2)(d), 130(1) (with s. 128); S.S.I. 2016/365, reg. 2, sch. (with regs. 5-8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 11(8) repealed (23.12.2016) by Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 18), ss. 109(2)(e), 130(1) (with s. 128); S.S.I. 2016/365, reg. 2, sch. (with regs. 5-8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 11(2)-(7) applied (with modifications) (27.11.2003) by Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 11), ss. 21(2), 95(3), 95(4) (with s. 95(2)); S.S.I. 2003/548, art. 2(a) (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 11(2)(3) applied (with modifications) by 2003 asp 11, s. 21(2) (as substituted (23.12.2016) by Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 18), s. 130(1), sch. 2 para. 16(2) (with s. 128); S.S.I. 2016/365, reg. 2, sch. (with regs. 5-8))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted for s. 11(1A)(b)-(n)",
      "affecting": "asp/2025/15",
      "affecting_title": "Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2025"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "asp/2025/15",
      "affecting_title": "Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2025"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "asp/2025/15",
      "affecting_title": "Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2025"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "asp/2025/15",
      "affecting_title": "Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2025"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/55/section/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:53.468591+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."
}