http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/15/section/18Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2025Statute Law Database2026-03-16Expert Participation2026-03-16 Part 2Chapter 3 18 1 The Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 is modified as follows. 2 In section 7B (assignation of modern limited duration tenancies)— a in subsection (2), after “assignee” insert “(including the proposed assignee’s relationship to the tenant)”, b in subsection (5)(a), for “of the notice” substitute “on which the notice is given”, c in subsection (6), for “30 days of the giving of the notice” substitute “the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the notice is given”, d in subsection (8), for paragraphs (a) to (m) substitute— aa a tenant’s parent, ab in relation to a tenant’s child— i that child, ii that child's spouse or civil partner, iii a descendant of that child, ac in relation to a tenant’s sibling— i that sibling, ii that sibling’s spouse or civil partner, iii a descendant of that sibling, ad in relation to a tenant’s spouse or civil partner— i that spouse or civil partner, ii that spouse or civil partner’s sibling, iii a descendant of that sibling. , e after that subsection insert— 9 For the purpose of subsection (8)— a a reference to a spouse or civil partner of a person (“person A”) includes, where person A has died, a reference to a person who was the spouse or civil partner of person A immediately prior to person A’s death, b a step-child of a person is to be treated as being the same as a child of a person. . S. 18 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 47(2)