{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofting-and-scottish-land-court-act-2026/schedule-1/paragraph-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofting-and-scottish-land-court-act-2026/schedule-1/paragraph-31.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2026/17",
  "legislation_title": "Crofting and Scottish Land Court Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofting-and-scottish-land-court-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Finality of decisions and special cases",
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the decision of the Court in respect of a matter described in paragraphs 23 or 25 is final.\n(2) Except as provided in sub-paragraph (3), the Court may, if it thinks fit, and must, on the request of a party, state a special case on any question of law arising in any proceedings before it under any enactment for the opinion of the Inner House of the Court of Session, which may finally determine that question.\n(3) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply in respect of proceedings in connection with any matter which may be determined by the Court by virtue of—\n(a) the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991,\n(b) the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003,\n(c) section 116 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016, or\n(d) the transfer of the jurisdiction and functions of the Lands Tribunal for Scotland under section 57(1).",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 31 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 66(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/schedule/1/paragraph/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:11:39.364810+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."
}