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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contract-third-party-rights-scotland-act-2017/section-10",
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  "legislation": "asp/2017/5",
  "legislation_title": "Contract (Third Party Rights) (Scotland) Act 2017",
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  "path": "section/10",
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  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Prescription",
  "text": "(1) An undertaking contained in a contract which is capable of being enforced or otherwise invoked by virtue of a third-party right is an obligation arising from the contract for the purposes of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973.\n(2) In subsection (1), “third-party right” means a right which has arisen by virtue of either—\n(a) section 1, or\n(b) the rule of law mentioned in section 11.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 10 in force at 26.2.2018 by S.S.I. 2018/8, reg. 2"
    }
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  },
  "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."
}