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Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007

2007 asp 7 · Enacted 1 March 2007 · Extends to Scotland

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An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make further provision as regards crofting and as regards the Scottish Land Court; and for connected purposes.

The Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 25th January 2007 and received Royal Assent on 1st March 2007

Contents

  1. Part 1: The Crofters Commission
  2. 1Discharge of functions
  3. 2Equal opportunities
  4. 3Obtaining Commission approval or consent
  5. 4Obtaining of information by Commission
  6. 5Maintenance of and provision of information from the Register of Crofts
  7. Part 2: Crofts
  8. 6New crofts
  9. 7The statutory conditions
  10. 8Complaint as respects breach of the statutory conditions
  11. 9Exchange of crofts or parts of crofts
  12. 10Division of croft
  13. 11Subletting
  14. 12Assignation
  15. 13Bequest of tenancy of croft
  16. 14Prior rights, on intestacy, in relation to tenancy of croft
  17. 15Transfer of tenancy of croft by executor: amendment of section 16 of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964
  18. 16Transfer of tenancy of croft by executor: special provision relating to the 1993 Act
  19. 17Amendment of section 11 of the 1993 Act
  20. 18Determination of the Land Court as to croft boundaries
  21. 19Access to croft
  22. 20Reorganisation schemes
  23. 21Meaning of croft
  24. Part 3: Termination of tenancy, decrofting, etc.
  25. 22Resumption and reversion
  26. 23Decrofting
  27. 24Re-letting
  28. 25Compensation for improvements for purposes other than cultivation or grazing etc.
  29. Part 4: Common grazings
  30. 26Use of common grazing
  31. 27New common grazing
  32. 28Contravention of, or failure to comply with, common grazings regulations
  33. 29Further amendment of section 52: apportionment
  34. Part 5: Schemes for development
  35. 30Schemes for development
  36. Part 6: Crofting community right to buy
  37. 31Crofting community right to buy
  38. Part 7: General and miscellaneous
  39. General
  40. 32Regulations concerning loans
  41. 33Appeal to Land Court and jurisdiction of that court
  42. 34Further amendments in relation to the Land Court
  43. 35Public notification
  44. 36“Members of a family”
  45. 37“Crofting community”
  46. 38“The 1993 Act”
  47. Miscellaneous
  48. 39Minor and consequential amendments
  49. 40Savings
  50. 41Transitional provision etc.
  51. 42Repeals
  52. 43Short title, Crown application and commencement
  53. Schedule 1: Minor and consequential amendments
  54. Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886 (c. 29)
  55. 1Paragraph 1
  56. Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993 (c. 44)
  57. 2Paragraph 2
  58. Scottish Land Court Act 1993 (c. 45)
  59. 3Paragraph 3
  60. Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 (c. 58)
  61. 4Paragraph 4
  62. Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 2)
  63. 5Paragraph 5
  64. Schedule 2Repeals