{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-reform-scotland-act-2016-commencement-no-6-transitory-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2017/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-reform-scotland-act-2016-commencement-no-6-transitory-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2017/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2017/299",
  "legislation_title": "The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 6, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-reform-scotland-act-2016-commencement-no-6-transitory-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 6, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 30th November 2017.\n(2) In these Regulations—\n“1991 Act tenancy” has the same meaning as in section 93 of the 2003 Act (interpretation);\n“the 2003 Act” means the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003;\n“the 2016 Act” means the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016; and\n“limited duration tenancy” has the same meaning as in section 93 of the 2003 Act.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 1(2) substituted (30.11.2017) by The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 6, Transitory and Saving Provisions) (Modern Limited Duration Tenancies) Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/370), regs. 1, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 1 in force at 30.11.2017, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 11) (“the 2003 Act”)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The definition of “limited duration tenancy” in section 93 of the 2003 Act is substituted by paragraph 7(30)(a) of schedule 2 of the 2016 Act. That paragraph is commenced by these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/299/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:16:49.576732+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."
}