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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/burial-and-cremation-scotland-act-2016/section-7",
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  "legislation": "asp/2016/20",
  "legislation_title": "Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/burial-and-cremation-scotland-act-2016",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Right to erect building",
  "text": "(1) A burial authority may sell a right to erect a building or other structure on a burial ground for which it is the burial authority.\n(2) Any such right is exercisable only by the person in whom the right is vested.\n(3) A right sold by a burial authority under subsection (1) is to be exercised subject to such terms, and on such conditions, as the burial authority may determine.\n(4) Such a right is subject to, and must be exercised in accordance with, any regulations under this Part.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 7 in force at 28.12.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/417, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/20/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:27.457406+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."
}