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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-reform-scotland-act-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-26",
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  "legislation": "asp/2025/15",
  "legislation_title": "Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-reform-scotland-act-2025",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/26",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Use of land other than for cultivation",
  "text": "(1) A small landholding does not cease to be a small landholding by reason only that the land comprising the holding, or part of it, is used for a diverse purpose if the use of the land for that purpose is in accordance with a diversification agreement or an authorised diversification proposal.\n(2) Any term of the lease of the holding which prohibits the use of the land comprising the holding, or part of it, for a diverse purpose is of no effect in relation to the use of the land in accordance with a diversification agreement or an authorised diversification proposal.\n(3) In this paragraph, “authorised diversification proposal” means a diversification proposal which is—\n(a) agreed to by a landlord under this Part, or\n(b) approved by the Land Court under paragraph 23(6)(a)(i).",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 26 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 47(2)"
    }
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      "affecting_title": "Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2025"
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    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications) by 1911 c. 49, s. 32(14A) (as inserted)",
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      "affecting_title": "Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2025"
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    {
      "type": "applied by 1931 c. 44, s. 14(3) (as inserted)",
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      "affecting_title": "Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2025"
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  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/schedule/2/paragraph/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:11:52.301495+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."
}