{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contract-formation-and-remedies-scotland-act-2026/section-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contract-formation-and-remedies-scotland-act-2026/section-26.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/26",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Amendment of Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945",
  "text": "In section 5 of the Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945—\n(a) in paragraph (a), after “; and” insert “subject to paragraph (aa)”, and\n(b) after paragraph (a) insert—\n“(aa) without prejudice to the generality of section 1—\n(i) in subsection (1) of that section the reference to a person’s “own fault” includes a reference to that person’s breach of a contract and the reference to “the fault of any other person or persons” includes a reference to a breach of a contract by that other person or those other persons; and\n(ii) in each of subsections (2), (5) and (6) of that section, references to being “at fault” are to be construed accordingly;”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 26 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/26",
    "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."
}