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<Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-4f6f52233acb2b9a47719dc461ee63cc"/><CommentaryRef Ref="key-69b8797ca54609f8b7eb783c57a73257"/>12</Pnumber>
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<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
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<Text>The Scottish Ministers are to make publicly available a model lease designed for letting public land so that it can be used for the purpose of building or occupying huts.</Text>
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<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
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<Text>The Scottish Ministers must fulfil their duty under this section before the end of the period of 3 years beginning with the day that the Bill for this Act receives Royal Assent.</Text>
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<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
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<Text>The Scottish Ministers may by regulations modify subsection (2) to change the date by which their duty under this section is to be fulfilled.</Text>
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<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
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<Text>For the purpose of this section, a hut—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>is a simple building used intermittently as recreational accommodation,</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>has an internal floor area of no more than 30 square metres,</Text>
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<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
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<Text>is constructed from low impact materials,</Text>
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<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
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<Text>is generally not connected to mains water, electricity or sewerage,</Text>
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<Pnumber>e</Pnumber>
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<Text>is built in such a way that it is removable with little or no trace at the end of its life.</Text>
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