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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-economy-act-2017/schedule-2/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-economy-act-2017/schedule-2/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2017/30",
  "legislation_title": "Digital Economy Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-economy-act-2017",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies in relation to a subsisting agreement, in place of paragraph 29(2) to (4) of the new code.\n(2) Part 5 of the new code (termination and modification of agreements) does not apply to a subsisting agreement that is a lease of land in England and Wales, if—\n(a) it is a lease to which Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 applies, and\n(b) there is no agreement under section 38A of that Act (agreements to exclude provisions of Part 2) in relation the tenancy.\n(3) Part 5 of the new code does not apply to a subsisting agreement that is a lease of land in England and Wales, if—\n(a) the primary purpose of the lease is not to grant code rights (the rights referred to in paragraph 3 of this Schedule), and\n(b) there is an agreement under section 38A of the 1954 Act in relation the tenancy.\n(4) Part 5 of the new code does not apply to a subsisting agreement that is a lease of land in Northern Ireland, if it is a lease to which the Business Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (SI 1996/725 (NI 5)) applies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 6 in force at 28.12.2017 by S.I. 2017/1286, reg. 2(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/30/schedule/2/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:05:20.126764+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."
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