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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/small-landholders-and-agricultural-holdings-scotland-act-1931/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/21-22/44",
  "legislation_title": "Small Landholders And Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1931",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/small-landholders-and-agricultural-holdings-scotland-act-1931",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to amend the Small Landholders (Scotland) Acts, 1886 to 1919, and the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act, 1923.\n[31st July 1931]",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Functions of Department of Agriculture for Scotland now exercisable by Secretary of State: Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1939 (c. 20), s. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Short Title: the short title for the unrepealed provisions of this Act (Pt. I (ss.1–26)), is by virtue of s. 26(2) of the Act: “Small Landholders (Scotland) Act, 1931”"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Act applied (with modifications) by Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968 (c. 34, SIF 2:1), s. 11(8) and by Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (c. 55, SIF 2:1), s. 14(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 1989/380, regs. 9–12, Sch. 5 para. 25"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Act excluded (25.9.1991) by Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 55, SIF 2:3), ss.35, 89(2) (with ss. 45(3), 51(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Act applied (with modifications) (25.9.1991) by Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 55, SIF 2:3), ss. 83, 89(2) (with s. 45(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Act wholly in force at Royal Assent"
    }
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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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