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Introductory text

An Act to provide as respects Scotland for the variation and discharge of certain obligations relating to land; to facilitate the allocation of feuduties and ground annuals; to reduce the period of positive prescription of 20 years to 10 years; to provide for a new form of heritable security; to make certain amendments to the existing law relating to heritable securities; to make certain other amendments to the law relating to conveyancing; to abolish the rights of pre-emption of heritors in respect of glebes; to amend the Lands Tribunal Act 1949; and for connected purposes.

[29th May 1970]C1I1

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Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

Commencement

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Act partly in force at Royal Assent see s. 54(2); Act wholly in force at 1.3.1971