{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofting-reform-scotland-act-2010/section-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofting-reform-scotland-act-2010/section-30.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2010/14",
  "legislation_title": "Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofting-reform-scotland-act-2010",
  "path": "section/30",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Change of landlord: offences",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if, having become the landlord of a croft, the person fails, within 1 year of becoming such a landlord, to apply to register the change of landlord in accordance with section 5(1)(b)(ii).\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 change of landlord mentioned in subsection (1).\n(3) But no offence is committed under this section by a person who becomes the landlord of a croft by virtue of the transfer of ownership of land on which the croft is situated.\n(4) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) or (2) 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. 30 in force at 30.11.2012 by S.S.I. 2012/288, art. 3(1)(b)(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/14/section/30",
    "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."
}