{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/croft-house-grant-scotland-regulations-2016/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/croft-house-grant-scotland-regulations-2016/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2016/63",
  "legislation_title": "The Croft House Grant (Scotland) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/croft-house-grant-scotland-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Conditions of grant",
  "text": "(1) The dwelling-house must be occupied as an only or principal home by—\n(a) a crofter;\n(b) a cottar;\n(c) an owner-occupier crofter; or\n(d) a member of the family of a person in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c).\n(2) The dwelling-house must be maintained in a good state of repair.\n(3) The dwelling-house must be kept insured against destruction and damage for a sum of not less than the amount of the grant.\n(4) Before any of the steps in paragraph (5) is taken in relation to the dwelling-house, the person mentioned in paragraph (6) must—\n(a) inform the Scottish Ministers of the proposed step in writing;\n(b) provide the name and address of any proposed new tenant or owner; and\n(c) obtain the prior written consent of the Scottish Ministers to the proposed step.\n(5) The steps are—\n(a) renunciation, assignation or sub-lease of the tenancy;\n(b) sale; or\n(c) lease.\n(6) The person is—\n(a) in the case of a dwelling-house that is part of, or relates to, a croft—\n(i) the crofter or owner-occupier crofter for the time being; or\n(ii) any assignee or transferee of that person’s interest in the dwelling-house; and\n(b) in the case of a dwelling-house that is part of, or relates to, the holding occupied by a cottar—\n(i) the cottar for the time being; or\n(ii) any assignee or transferee of that person’s interest in the dwelling-house.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/63/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:25:19.834837+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."
}