Section 4 The Scottish Land Commission

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

s. 4(4) word repealed by Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2025 s. 7(2)(a)(i)
s. 4(4)(a) word substituted by Scottish Land Commission (Number of Land Commissioners) 2026 reg. 2
s. 4(4)(c) and word inserted by Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2025 s. 7(2)(a)(ii)
s. 4(9) inserted by Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2025 s. 7(2)(b)

I1(1)

The Scottish Land Commission (in Gaelic, Coimisean Fearainn na h-Alba) is established by this section.

(2)

In this Act, it is referred to as “the Commission”.

(3)

The Commission is a body corporate.

(4)

The Commission is to consist of the following members—

(a)

five Land Commissioners, and

(b)

the Tenant Farming Commissioner.

(5)

The Scottish Ministers may by regulations amend subsection (4)(a) so as to alter the number of Land Commissioners.

I2(6)

The Commission has the functions conferred by section 6.

(7)

The Land Commissioners have the functions conferred by section 22.

(8)

The Tenant Farming Commissioner has the functions conferred by section 24.

Annotations

I1: S. 4(1)(5) in force at 1.11.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/250, reg. 2(1)(2), sch. 1 (with reg. 3)
I2: S. 4(6)-(8) in force at 1.4.2017 by S.S.I. 2016/250, reg. 2(3), sch. 2