# Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, Section 15: Resumed and decrofted crofts


(1) The Keeper must—
(a) where subsection (2) applies, remove the entry in the register relating to the resumed croft;
(b) where subsection (3) applies, remove the entry in the register relating to the croft in relation to which a decrofting direction has been made.
(2) This subsection applies where—
(a) a registered croft has been resumed (whether before or after it was first registered) by virtue of an authorisation under section 20(1) of the 1993 Act;
(b) no order has been made under section 21A(1) of that Act that the land so resumed revert to being a croft; and
(c) the period of 20 years beginning with when the resumption was authorised has ended.
(3) This subsection applies where—
(a) a decrofting direction under section 24(2) or (3) or, as the case may be, 24B(1) of the 1993 Act was made in relation to a registered croft (whether made before or after it was first registered);
(aa) in the case of a decrofting direction under section 24B(1), the Commission have not revoked the direction under section 25(3);
(b) the Land Court has not revoked the direction by virtue of section 25(8B) of that Act or by virtue of any other enactment; and
(c) the period of 20 years beginning with the making of the direction has ended.
(4) This section applies to a part of a croft as it applies to a whole croft with the modification that references in subsection (1) to removing entries in the register are to be read as references to modifying such entries.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/14/section/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crofting-reform-scotland-act-2010/section-15
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