{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/requirements-of-writing-scotland-act-1995/section-13",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/7",
  "legislation_title": "Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/requirements-of-writing-scotland-act-1995",
  "path": "section/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Application of Act to Crown.",
  "text": "(1) Nothing in this Act shall—\n(a) prevent Her Majesty from authenticating—\n(i) a document by superscription; or\n(ii) a document relating to her private estates situated or arising in Scotland in accordance with section 6 of the Crown Private Estates Act 1862;\n(b) prevent authentication under the Writs Act 1672 of a document passing the seal appointed by the Treaty of Union to be kept and used in Scotland in place of the Great Seal of Scotland formerly in use; or\n(c) prevent any document mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above authenticated as aforesaid from being recorded in the Register of Sasines, registered in the Land Register of Scotland or registered for execution or preservation in the Books of Council and Session or in sheriff court books.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Subject to subsections (1) and (2) above, this Act binds the Crown.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 13(1)(c) inserted (11.5.2014 for specified purposes) by Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 5) , ss. 122 , 123 , sch. 3 para. 20 (with s. 121 , sch. 4 paras. 13 , 16 ); S.S.I. 2014/41 , art. 2(1)(b) (2) , sch. Pt. 2 (with arts. 3 , 4 )"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 13(2) repealed (28.11.2004) by Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 9) , ss. 122(1) , 128(2) , 129(2) , Sch. 15 (with ss. 119 , 121 ); S.S.I. 2003/456 , art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1862 c. 37 ."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1672 c. 16 ."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/7/section/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:20.773931+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."
}