{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-settlement-scotland-act-1919/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-settlement-scotland-act-1919/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/9-10/97",
  "legislation_title": "Land Settlement (Scotland) Act 1919",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-settlement-scotland-act-1919",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Powers of Board with respect to land acquired.",
  "text": "Without prejudice to any other power conferred on the Board by the Congested Districts (Scotland) Act, 1897 ... the Board shall have power in any case where in their opinion it is necessary or expedient so to do for the better carrying into effect the purposes of those Acts or of this Act—\n(a) to erect, repair, or improve dwelling-houses and other buildings on any land acquired by the Board, or to execute any other improvement on or in connection with and for the benefit of any such land, or to arrange with the tenant or holder of any such land for the execution of any such improvement on such terms as may be agreed:\n(b) to sell, excamb, or let any such land or any right or interest therein: and\n(c) generally to manage any such land.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 7 repealed (16.6.2025) by Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 11), s. 38(2), sch. 2 Pt. 1; S.S.I. 2025/167, reg. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1897 c. 53."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/9-10/97/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:58:28.407942+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."
}