Section 7 Factor may apply for special powers.

If at any time it shall appear to the factor that there is a strong expediency for granting abatement of rent, either temporarily or permanently, or for renewing or granting a lease for a period of years, or for draining, or for erecting buildings or fences, or for otherwise improving the estate in a manner not coming within the ordinary course of factorial management, he shall report the same to the accountant, who may order any necessary inquiry, and shall state his opinion thereon in writing; and such report and opinion may be submitted by the factor to the lord ordinary, with a note praying for the sanction of the Court to the measure proposed; and the lord ordinary shall, with or without further inquiry, report the matter to the court, who, if they consider it expedient and consistent with due regard to the amount of the estate at the time, may sanction the measure, and the decision of the court shall be final, and not subject to appeal; F1and if the estate be held under entail, it shall be lawful to the court to authorize the factor to take proceedings for constituting as a charge against the future heirs of entail, or otherwise recovering, the money expended in making any improvements upon the estate, under and in terms of the M1Entail Improvement Act, 1770, and under and in terms of the M2Entail Amendment Act, 1848; but nothing herein contained shall be held as conferring power on the court to authorize the factor to build or enlarge a mansion house upon the estate, or to charge the estate and future heirs of entail to a greater extent than one half the amount with which the heir in possession, if under no incapacity to act, could have charged the estate under the said Acts, or either of them; F2and if any factor having charge of the estate of any F3person suffering from mental disorder within the meaning of the M3Mental Health (Scotland) Act, 1960 or other person incapable of managing his own affairs shall deem it proper for the comfort or welfare of such person that the whole or a part of such estate should be sunk on annuity, he shall report the matter to the accountant, who shall state his opinion thereon in writing, and such report and opinion shall be submitted by the factor, with a note as aforesaid, to the lord ordinary, who shall report the matter to the court, and it shall be in the power of the court to sanction the measure, and the decision of the court shall be final, and not subject to appeal; and in all other matters in which special powers are, according to the existing practice, in use to be granted by the court, the court shall have power to grant the same in like manner and form as is above provided.