{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hill-farming-act-1946/section-27A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hill-farming-act-1946/section-27A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/9-10/73",
  "legislation_title": "Hill Farming Act 1946",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hill-farming-act-1946",
  "path": "section/27A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27A",
  "heading": "Crown application: sections 24 and 26A",
  "text": "(1) Sections 24 and 26A of this Act bind the Crown.\n(2) No contravention by the Crown of any provision made by or under sections 24 and 26A of this Act makes the Crown criminally liable but the Court of Session may, on the application of any public body or office-holder having responsibility for enforcing those provisions, declare unlawful any act or omission of the Crown which constitutes such a contravention.\n(3) Despite subsection (2), sections 24 and 26A apply to persons in the public service of the Crown as they apply to other persons.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 27A inserted (S.) (1.1.2012) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), ss. 41(2), 43(1) (with s. 41(1)); S.S.I. 2011/433, art. 2(1)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 27A(1) substituted (15.9.2026) by Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 4), ss. 23(7)(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": "Words in s. 27A(2) substituted (15.9.2026) by Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 4), ss. 23(7)(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": "Words in s. 27A(3) substituted (15.9.2026) by Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 4), ss. 23(7)(c), 35(2) (with s. 30); S.S.I. 2026/200, reg. 3(2), sch. Pt. 2 (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 27A heading substituted (15.9.2026) by Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 4), ss. 23(7)(d), 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/27A",
    "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."
}