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<Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-3d2d3b51be17474f70e905e204f8848b"/>27</Pnumber>
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<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
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<Text>The Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 is modified as follows.</Text>
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<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
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<Text>After section 40 insert—</Text>
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<Pnumber>40ZA</Pnumber>
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<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
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<Text>A tenant may give an extension notice to the landlord.</Text>
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<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
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<Text>An extension notice—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>must—</Text>
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<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
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<Text>be given in writing,</Text>
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<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
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<Text>specify the extension period, which is to be a period of 30 days beginning on the day the extension notice is given,</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>may not be given—</Text>
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<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
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<Text>more than once in relation to the same notice of diversification, or</Text>
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<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
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<Text>after the landlord has made an application notice to the Land Court under section 40A(2).</Text>
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<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
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<Text>Subsection <InternalLink Ref="p07266">(4)</InternalLink> applies where an extension notice is given—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>before the landlord has sent a notice of objection under section 40(11), and</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>before the expiry of the period mentioned in section 40(12).</Text>
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<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
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<Text>Where this subsection applies—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>the references in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 40(12) to a period of 60 days are to be read, in both cases, as if they were a reference to a period of 90 days,</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>the reference in section 40A(3) to the period of 60 days is to be read as if it were a reference to a period of 90 days.</Text>
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<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
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<Text>Where an extension notice is given after the landlord has sent a notice of objection to the tenant under section 40(11), the reference in section 40A(3) to the period of 60 days is to be read as if it were a reference to a period of 90 days.</Text>
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