{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofting-reform-scotland-act-2010/section-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofting-reform-scotland-act-2010/section-29.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2010/14",
  "legislation_title": "Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofting-reform-scotland-act-2010",
  "path": "section/29",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Transfer of land containing crofts: offences",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if, ownership of an owner-occupied croft having been transferred to the person as is mentioned in section 4(1)(b), the person fails within 1 year of the transfer to apply to register the owner-occupied croft.\n(2) A person commits an offence in respect of each further 1 year period where the person continues to fail to apply to register the owner-occupied croft mentioned in subsection (1).\n(3) But an offence under subsection (1) or (2) cannot be committed by a person in respect of an owner-occupied croft after the person is no longer required, by virtue of section 4(9), to register the owner-occupied croft.\n(4) A person commits an offence if—\n(a) ownership of an owner-occupied croft having been transferred to the person as is mentioned in section 5(1)(a); or\n(b) ownership of land having been transferred to the person as is mentioned in section 5(1)(b)(i),\nthe person fails within 1 year of the transfer to apply to register the transfer.\n(5) A person commits an offence in respect of each further 1 year period where the person continues to fail to apply to register the transfer mentioned in subsection (4).\n(6) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1), (2), (4) or (5) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 29(1)-(3) in force at 30.11.2013 by S.S.I. 2012/288, art. 3(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 29(4)(5)(6) in force at 30.11.2012 by S.S.I. 2012/288, art. 3(1)(b)(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "asp/2026/17",
      "affecting_title": "Crofting and Scottish Land Court Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "asp/2026/17",
      "affecting_title": "Crofting and Scottish Land Court Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/14/section/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:21.484740+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."
}