{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofting-and-scottish-land-court-act-2026/section-45",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofting-and-scottish-land-court-act-2026/section-45.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": "section/45",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "Provisions as to right to sublet",
  "text": "(1) The 1993 Act is modified as follows.\n(2) In section 27 (provisions as to right to sublet), for subsection (2) substitute—\n“(2) A crofter may not sublet their croft unless—\n(a) the croft is a registered croft, and\n(b) the crofter has obtained the consent of the Commission.\n(2A) A sublease of a croft granted by a crofter in contravention of subsection (2) is null and void.\n(2B) But nothing in subsections (2) and (2A) precludes a crofter from subletting any dwelling-house or other building forming part of their croft to holiday visitors.”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 45 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/section/45",
    "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."
}