{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contract-formation-and-remedies-scotland-act-2026/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contract-formation-and-remedies-scotland-act-2026/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2026/10",
  "legislation_title": "Contract (Formation and Remedies) (Scotland) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contract-formation-and-remedies-scotland-act-2026",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Commencement of a period of time within which a response to an offer is required",
  "text": "(1) Subsection (2) applies where, in relation to the formation of a contract, the terms of an offer—\n(a) stipulate that the offeree must respond to the offer within a period of time, but\n(b) do not make clear when the period is to begin.\n(2) The period begins on the taking effect of the notification of the offer.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 12 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 29(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/10/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:11:44.390203+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."
}