Section 3 Eligible occupier

the occupier of a croft who is also the owner thereof and who in the opinion of the Secretary of State is of substantially the same economic status as a crofter;

the occupier of a holding, other than a croft, situated in the crofting counties which is either a holding of which the area does not exceed 30 hectares (exclusive of any common pasture or grazing held therewith) or a holding the annual rent of which, if it were a croft let to a crofter under the Act of 1955 and the Act of 1961, would not, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, exceed £100, being an occupier who in the opinion of the Secretary of State is of substantially the same economic status as a crofter; or

the occupier of a holding, other than a croft, situated in the crofting counties which exceeds 30 hectares (exclusive of any common pasture or grazing held therewith) and of which the annual rent, if it were a croft so let, would in the opinion of the Secretary of State exceedd £100, but which in the opinion of the Secretary of State is not substantially larger than 30 hectares (exclusive of any common pasture or grazing held therewith) or is capable of being so let at an annual rent not substantially in excess of £100, being an occupier who in the opinion of the Secretary of State is of substantially the same economic status as a crofter; or

the subtenant of a croft or part of a croft occupying under a sublease intimated to the Crofters Commission under section 11(1) of the Act of 1961^f1 or granted by a crofter with the written consent of the Crofters Commission and in accordance with any conditions imposed by them under section 11(3) of the Act of 1961.