{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-etc-scotland-act-2012/section-37",
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  "legislation": "asp/2012/5",
  "legislation_title": "Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-registration-etc-scotland-act-2012",
  "path": "section/37",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Date and time of registration",
  "text": "(1) Where the Keeper accepts an application for registration, the date of registration is the date of the application.\n(2) The time of registration is deemed to be the moment at which, following the application being received by the Keeper, the application record next closes.\n(3) The Scottish Ministers may by order—\n(a) amend subsection (2) so as to make different provision as regards time of registration, and\n(b) make such other amendments to this Act as are consequential upon that amendment.\n(4) Before making such an order, the Scottish Ministers must consult the Keeper.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 37 in force at 8.12.2014 by S.S.I. 2014/127, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2012/5/section/37",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:14:50.857744+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."
}