{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofting-reform-scotland-act-2010/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofting-reform-scotland-act-2010/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2010/14",
  "legislation_title": "Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crofting-reform-scotland-act-2010",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Persons responsible for applications for registration",
  "text": "(1) An application for first registration of a croft is to be submitted—\n(a) in the case of a transfer of ownership of an owner-occupied croft such as is mentioned in section 4(1)(b), by the person to whom such ownership is transferred;\n(b) in the case of a step mentioned in section 4(4), by the person mentioned in the entry in column 2 of Table 1 in schedule 2 which corresponds to the entry relating to that step in column 1 of that table.\n(2) An application for registration of an event in relation to a registered croft is to be submitted—\n(a) in the case of a transfer of ownership of a owner-occupied croft such as is mentioned in section 5(1)(a), by the person to whom such ownership is transferred;\n(b) in the case of a transfer of ownership of land such as is mentioned in section 5(1)(b)(i), by the person to whom such ownership is transferred;\n(c) in the case of a change of landlord of the croft, by the person who is the new landlord;\n(d) in the case of a step mentioned in section 5(3), by the person mentioned in the entry in column 2 of Table 2 in schedule 2 which corresponds to the entry relating to that step in column 1 of that table.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 6(1) in force at 30.11.2013 by S.S.I. 2012/288, art. 3(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 6(2) in force at 30.11.2012 by S.S.I. 2012/288, art. 3(1)(b)(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "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/6",
    "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."
}