{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofters-holdings-scotland-act-1886/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofters-holdings-scotland-act-1886/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/49-50/29",
  "legislation_title": "Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofters-holdings-scotland-act-1886",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Compensation to crofter for improvements on removal.",
  "text": "When a crofter renounces his tenancy or is removed from his holding, he shall be entitled to compensation for any permanent improvements, provided that—\n(a) The improvements are suitable to the holding;\n(b) The improvements have been executed or paid for by the crofter or his predecessors in the same family;\n(c) The improvements have not been executed in virtue of any specific agreement in writing under which the crofter was bound to execute such improvements.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 8(a) modified by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), ss. 95(4), 335, Sch. 8 Pt. II para. 13(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 8 explained by Small Landholders and Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1931 (c. 44), s. 9; amended by Small Landholders and Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1931 (c. 44), s. 12; restricted by Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 21), s. 38(3), Sch. 6 Pt. I"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/49-50/29/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:37:30.959995+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."
}