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The Crofting Register (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2012

S.S.I. 2012/327 · Made 27 November 2012

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Crofters, Cottars And Small Landholders

Registers And Records

Made 27th November 2012

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 29th November 2012

Coming into force 13th January 2013

The Scottish Ministers make the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 19(1) and 53(2)(a) of the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 19(1), they have consulted the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland and the Crofting Commission.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2010 asp 14 (“the 2010 Act”). Section 19(1) is applied, with modifications, to common grazings by section 28 of, and paragraph 12 of schedule 3 to, the 2010 Act and to land held runrig by section 32 of that Act.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment to the Crofting Register (Scotland) Rules 2012
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Rules may be cited as the Crofting Register (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2012 and come into force on 13th January 2013.

2Amendment to the Crofting Register (Scotland) Rules 2012

(1)

The Crofting Register (Scotland) Rules 2012f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In rule 6 (forms of application for registration in the Crofting Register)—

(a)

in paragraph (3), for “24(1)” substitute “24(1)(b);

(b)

in paragraph (4), for “26(1)(a)” substitute “24(1)(a)”; and

(c)

in paragraph (5), for “26(1)(b)” substitute “25(1)”.

(3)

In the Schedule, in the table of the list of forms to be used in connection with registration—

(a)

in the second column, in the entry for Form C, after “common grazing” insert “(other than a new common grazing)”; and

(b)

in the third column—

(i)

in the entry for Form C, for “24(1)” substitute “24(1)(b)”;

(ii)

in the entry for Form D, for “26(1)(a)” substitute “24(1)(a)”; and

(iii)

in the entry for Form E, for “26(1)(b)” substitute “25(1)”.

(4)

In the Schedule, in Form C—

(a)

for the title of that form substitute—

“”; and

(b)

in the words in bold type immediately below the title of that form, after “Common Grazing” insert “(other than a new Common Grazing)”.

Signature

PAUL WHEELHOUSE

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

27th November 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules make corrections to clarify the forms for the registration of common grazings prescribed in the Crofting Register (Scotland) Rules 2012.