{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-holdings-scotland-act-1991/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-holdings-scotland-act-1991/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/55",
  "legislation_title": "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-holdings-scotland-act-1991",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Transfer of lease on intestacy",
  "text": "(1) A person to whom the lease of an agricultural holding is transferred under section 16 of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 (referred to in this section and in sections 12A to 12C as “the acquirer”) shall give notice of the acquisition to the landlord of the holding within 21 days after the date of the acquisition, or, if he is prevented by some unavoidable cause from giving such notice within that period, as soon as is practicable thereafter 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 acquirer, as landlord and tenant respectively, as from the date of the acquisition.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 12(1) inserted (23.12.2016) by Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 18), ss. 109(3)(a)(i), 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. 12(1) substituted (23.12.2016) by Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 18), ss. 109(3)(a)(ii), 130(1) (with s. 128); S.S.I. 2016/365, reg. 2, sch. (with regs. 5-8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 12(2)-(5) repealed (23.12.2016) by Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 18), ss. 109(3)(b), 130(1) (with s. 128); S.S.I. 2016/365, reg. 2, sch. (with regs. 5-8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 12 heading substituted (23.12.2016) by Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 18), ss. 109(3)(c), 130(1) (with s. 128); S.S.I. 2016/365, reg. 2, sch. (with regs. 5-8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "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/12",
    "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."
}