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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/long-leases-prescribed-form-of-notices-etc-scotland-regulations-2014/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2014/9",
  "legislation_title": "The Long Leases (Prescribed Form of Notices etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/long-leases-prescribed-form-of-notices-etc-scotland-regulations-2014",
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  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nNotices are required to implement the conversion of ultra-long leases to ownership under the Long Leases (Scotland) Act 2012 (“the Act”).\nRegulations 2 to 19 (see forms 1 to 22 set out in Schedule 1) of these Regulations prescribe the following forms of notice under the sections of the Act referred to and relative explanatory note where appropriate and other necessary documentation:—\nNotice for conversion of reserved sporting rights (section 8(2)).\nNotice for conversion of qualifying condition by nomination of benefited property (section 14(2)).\nNotice seeking agreement to the conversion of qualifying conditions (section 17(1)(a)).\nNotices for conversion of qualifying condition into a personal pre-emption burden or personal redemption burden (section 23(1)); an economic development burden (section 24(1)); a health care burden (section 25(1)); a climate change burden (section 26(1)); or a conservation burden (sections 27(1) and 28(1)).\nNotices requiring compensatory payment etc.: cumulo rent, partially continuing lease, ordinary case (section 45(2)).\nNotice requesting additional payment (section 50(2)).\nFurther notice requiring additional payment following agreement (section 54(2)).\nPreliminary notices for compensatory payment exceeding £500, and for additional payment exceeding £500 (section 56(2)).\nInstalment document (section 57(2)(a)).\nNotice seeking exemption from conversion of a qualifying lease (section 63(b)).\nAgreement seeking exemption of qualifying lease by registration of agreement (section 64(2)(a)).\nNotice recalling prior exemption from conversion of a qualifying lease (section 67(1)(b)).\nAcknowledgement of service (section 74(3)(a)).\nCertificate of posting (section 74(3)(b)).\nRegulation 20 and Schedule 2 set out the table of life expectancy mentioned in section 71(1)(c)(ii) of the Act for use in certain circumstances in calculating the period of a lease where the period is expressed by reference to the lifetime of a person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/9/note",
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  "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."
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