{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contract-formation-and-remedies-scotland-act-2026/section-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contract-formation-and-remedies-scotland-act-2026/section-23.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/23",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Notification of contractual retention for an anticipatory breach of contract",
  "text": "(1) Where PA exercises contractual retention for an anticipatory breach by PB in accordance with section 22(1)(b), PA must notify PB of the contractual retention—\n(a) before the contractual retention begins, or\n(b) as soon as reasonably practicable after the start of the contractual retention.\n(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a notification must be written or oral.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 23 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/23",
    "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."
}