{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tenements-scotland-act-2004/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tenements-scotland-act-2004/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2004/11",
  "legislation_title": "Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tenements-scotland-act-2004",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Prohibition on interference with support or shelter etc.",
  "text": "(1) No owner or occupier of any part of a tenement shall be entitled to do anything in relation to that part which would, or would be reasonably likely to, impair to a material extent—\n(a) the support or shelter provided to any part of the tenement building; or\n(b) the natural light enjoyed by any part of the tenement building.\n(2) The prohibition imposed by subsection (1) above on an owner or occupier of a part of a tenement may be enforced by any other such owner who is, or would be, directly affected by any breach of the prohibition.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 9 in force at 28.11.2004 by S.S.I. 2004/487, art. 2(1)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2004/11/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:32.980511+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."
}