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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-holdings-scotland-act-2003-commencement-no-3-transitional-and-savings-provisions-order-2003/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2003/548",
  "legislation_title": "The Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 3, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-holdings-scotland-act-2003-commencement-no-3-transitional-and-savings-provisions-order-2003",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day for certain provisions",
  "text": "27th November 2003 is appointed as the day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the 2003 Act:–\n(a) Part 1 (agricultural tenancies);\n(b) in Part 2 of the 2003 Act (tenant’s right to buy land)–\n(i) section 25(3) and (7) (notice of tenant’s interest, information prescribed and Keeper’s fee);\n(ii) section 26(2) (form of notice of proposal to transfer land);\n(iii) section 27(5) (modification of transfers not requiring notice);\n(iv) section 28(5) (modification of right to buy in relation to creditors);\n(v) section 34(6) (valuation guidance); and\n(vi) section 36(7) (further provision for appointment and valuation etc.);\n(c) Part 3 (use of agricultural land: diversification);\n(d) Part 4 (compensation under agricultural tenancies);\n(e) Part 5 (miscellaneous amendments to the 1991 Act);\n(f) Part 6 (rights of certain persons where tenant is a partnership) insofar as not already in force;\n(g) Part 7 (jurisdiction of the Land Court and the resolution of disputes);\n(h) Part 8 (general provisions) insofar as not already in force; and\n(i) the Schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/548/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:34:12.221415+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."
}