{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hill-farming-act-1946/section-26A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hill-farming-act-1946/section-26A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/9-10/73",
  "legislation_title": "Hill Farming Act 1946",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hill-farming-act-1946",
  "path": "section/26A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "26A",
  "heading": "Giving of muirburn notices under section 24(2)",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, any written notice required to be given to a person under section 24(2) ... may be given—\n(a) by delivering it to the person personally;\n(b) by leaving it at, or posting it to, the usual or last known address of the person in the United Kingdom, or in a case where an address has been given by the person, at or to that address;\n(c) where the person is—\n(i) a body corporate, by leaving it at or posting it to the address of the registered or principal office of the body in the United Kingdom;\n(ii) a partnership, by leaving it at or posting it to the principal office of the partnership in the United Kingdom;\n(d) to the person by electronic communication of any particular form if—\n(i) the person has agreed to be notified in that form;\n(ii) the person has supplied the person who is to send the notice with the person's electronic address or number; and\n(iii) the electronic communication is capable of being accessed and understood by the person.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Unless the contrary is shown, a notice given in accordance with subsection (1)(d) is taken to have been received 48 hours after it is given.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 26A inserted (S.) (1.8.2011) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), ss. 34(8), 43(1) (with s. 41(1)); S.S.I. 2011/279, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 26A(1) repealed (15.9.2026) by Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 4), ss. 23(5)(a), 35(2) (with s. 30); S.S.I. 2026/200, reg. 3(2), sch. Pt. 2 (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 26A(2) repealed (15.9.2026) by Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 4), ss. 23(5)(b), 35(2) (with s. 30); S.S.I. 2026/200, reg. 3(2), sch. Pt. 2 (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 26A heading substituted (15.9.2026) by Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 4), ss. 23(5)(c), 35(2) (with s. 30); S.S.I. 2026/200, reg. 3(2), sch. Pt. 2 (with reg. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/9-10/73/section/26A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:24:39.477390+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."
}