{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/small-holdings-and-allotments-act-1908/section-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/small-holdings-and-allotments-act-1908/section-25.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw7/8/36",
  "legislation_title": "Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/small-holdings-and-allotments-act-1908",
  "path": "section/25",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Acquisition of land for purpose of Act.",
  "text": "(1) The Council of a borough, urban district, or parish may, for the purpose of providing allotments, by agreement purchase or take on lease land, whether situate within or without their borough, district, or parish or may purchase such land compulsorily in accordance with the provisions of this Act and of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981,in that behalf.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words added by Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 (c. 49),Sch. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67, SIF 28:1), s. 34, Sch. 4 para. 1 Table"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 25(2) repealed by Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 (c. 49), Sch. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Ss. 25(3), 27(1) repealed by Allotments Act 1922 (c. 51), Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/8/36/section/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:21:20.127818+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."
}