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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-holdings-scotland-act-2003-commencement-no-4-order-2004/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2004/511",
  "legislation_title": "The Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-holdings-scotland-act-2003-commencement-no-4-order-2004",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force on 15th December 2004 Part 2 of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 (“the Act”) relating to a tenant’s right to buy land, insofar as that Part of the Act is not in force immediately before that date. On 15th December 2004 all provisions of the Act will be in force. The provisions of that Part in force at that date are only the provisions which allow the Scottish Ministers to make orders or regulations or issue guidance for the operation of the right to buy.\nThe Act received Royal Assent on 22nd April 2003. The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order–\nProvision\nDate of Commencement\nS.S.I. No.\ns. 72 (partially);\n22nd May 2003\n2003/248\ns. 70(7) and (8) (partially).\ns. 72(10);\n1st July 2003\n2003/305\ns. 73;\ns. 70(7) and (8) (partially).\nPart 1\n27th November 2003\n2003/548\ns. 25(3) and (7)\ns. 26(2)\ns. 27(5)\ns. 28(5)\ns. 34(6)\ns. 36(7);\nParts 3 to 5;\nPart 6 (partially; insofar as not already in force);\nPart 7;\nPart 8 (partially; insofar as not already in force);\nthe Schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/511/note",
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  },
  "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."
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