# Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993, Section 19B: Meaning of “owner-occupier crofter” etc.

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(1) In this Act, a person is an “owner-occupier crofter” if all the conditions in subsections (2) to (4) are satisfied.
(2) The first condition is that the person is the owner of a croft.
(3) The second condition is that the person—
(a) was the crofter of the croft at the time of acquiring it (or is such a crofter's successor in title);
(b) acquired title to the croft as the nominee of a crofter (or is such a nominee's successor in title); or
(c) purchased the croft from the constituting landlord (or is such a purchaser's successor in title).
(4) The third condition is that the croft has not been let to any person as a crofter either by virtue of section 26J or otherwise—
(a) at any time since it was acquired as mentioned in subsection (3)(a) or (b); or
(b) at any time since it was constituted as mentioned in subsection (6)(a).
(5) In this Act, an “owner-occupied croft” means a croft owned by an owner-occupier crofter; and “owner-occupier's croft” is to be construed accordingly.
(6) For the purposes of subsection (3)(c), the “constituting landlord” is—
(a) the owner of the land at the time the land was constituted as a croft under section 3A; or
(b) such an owner's successor in title immediately before the croft is sold to the purchaser mentioned in subsection (3)(c).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/44/section/19B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crofters-scotland-act-1993/section-19B
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