{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-leases-scotland-act-1857/section-20D",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/20-21/26",
  "legislation_title": "Registration of Leases (Scotland) Act 1857",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-leases-scotland-act-1857",
  "path": "section/20D",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20D",
  "heading": "Long fishing leases",
  "text": "This Act applies to a contract within the meaning of section 66 of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 15) (application of Leases Act 1449) as it does to a lease described in section 1 of this Act provided that the contract in question—\n(a) is for a period exceeding 20 years, or\n(b) includes an obligation such as is described in section 17 of this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 20C-20E inserted (S.) (8.12.2014) by Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 5), ss. 122, 123, Sch. 2 para. 16 (with s. 121, Sch. 4 paras. 13, 16); S.S.I. 2014/127, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/20-21/26/section/20D",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:16:02.217485+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."
}