{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/high-hedges-scotland-act-2013/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/high-hedges-scotland-act-2013/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2013/6",
  "legislation_title": "High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/high-hedges-scotland-act-2013",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Meaning of “high hedge”",
  "text": "(1) This Act applies in relation to a hedge (referred to in this Act as a “high hedge”) which—\n(a) is formed wholly or mainly by a row of 2 or more trees or shrubs,\n(b) rises to a height of more than 2 metres above ground level, and\n(c) forms a barrier to light.\n(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(c) a hedge is not to be regarded as forming a barrier to light if it has gaps which significantly reduce its overall effect as a barrier at heights of more than 2 metres.\n(3) In applying this Act in relation to a high hedge no account is to be taken of the roots of a high hedge.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 1 in force at 1.4.2014 by S.S.I. 2014/54, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2013/6/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:14:30.198355+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."
}