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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2006/section-118",
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  "legislation": "asp/2006/1",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Scotland) Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2006",
  "path": "section/118",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "118",
  "heading": "Possession of documents",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Part, “possession” includes civil possession; and “possess” and “possesses” are to be construed accordingly.\n(2) A document held in electronic form is to be treated for the purposes of this Part as being in a person's possession if the person is readily able (using equipment available to that person)—\n(a) to view the document in a form that is legible, and\n(b) to produce copies of it in a legible documentary form.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 118 in force at 1.12.2008 by S.S.I. 2008/308, art. 3 (with art. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2006/1/section/118",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:19.148871+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."
}