{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/succession-scotland-act-2016/section-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/succession-scotland-act-2016/section-28.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2016/7",
  "legislation_title": "Succession (Scotland) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/succession-scotland-act-2016",
  "path": "section/28",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Act (unless the context otherwise requires)—\na reference to the “estate” of a deceased person is a reference to the whole estate belonging to the person at the time of death but does not include property passing on the person's death to another person by virtue of a special destination,\n“property” includes any interest in property.\n(2) In this Act, the “forfeiture rule” has the same meaning as in the Forfeiture Act 1982.\n(3) In this Act, a “will” means any document of a testamentary nature and includes a reference to—\n(a) a testamentary trust disposition and settlement,\n(b) a codicil.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 28 in force at 1.11.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/210, reg. 2(1)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/7/section/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:37.201582+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."
}