{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-holdings-scotland-act-2003/section-10F",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-holdings-scotland-act-2003/section-10F.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2003/11",
  "legislation_title": "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-holdings-scotland-act-2003",
  "path": "section/10F",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10F",
  "heading": "Emergency improvements",
  "text": "(1) Where a landlord or a tenant considers that an emergency improvement is required, sections 10A(4) and 10D(2), (3), (5) and (6) do not apply.\n(2) In this section an “emergency improvement” means a relevant improvement that is necessary for the purposes of—\n(a) protecting public health from infectious diseases, contamination or other hazards which constitute a danger to human health,\n(b) preventing a danger or potential danger to public safety,\n(c) enabling the tenant to comply with the requirements of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006,\n(d) securing the provision of essential services including electricity and water supply services, or\n(e) remedying an accident or natural cause or force majeure which was exceptional and could not reasonably have been foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 10A-10F inserted (23.12.2016) by Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 18), ss. 119(4), 130(1) (with s. 128); S.S.I. 2016/365, reg. 2, sch. (with regs. 10, 11)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/11/section/10F",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:48.358924+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."
}