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Paragraph 72 Registration of small landholder’s interest: power to modify provisionsI1

Scotland Not yet in force

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

(1)

The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision for or in connection with the registration under this Part of small landholders’ interests in buying the land comprised in their landholdings.

(2)

In particular (but without limit to that generality), regulations under sub-paragraph (1) may—

(a)

make provision about—

(i)

the manner in which a small landholder notifies the owner of the land of the landholder’s interest in buying the land,

(ii)

the procedure by which that interest is (or may be) registered,

(iii)

how an application for registration and entry in the Register may be challenged,

(iv)

the effect of registration,

(v)

the Keeper’s functions in respect of registration,

(vi)

the updating or correction of entries in the Register,

(vii)

the consequences of an application for registration, or an entry in the Register, being inaccurate in a material regard,

(viii)

the expiry or cancellation of an entry in the Register,

(b)

modify paragraphs 57 to 63,

(c)

if the Scottish Ministers consider it necessary or expedient, make consequential provision which modifies the other provisions in this Part.

(3)

Before laying a draft of a Scottish statutory instrument containing regulations under sub-paragraph (1) before the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Ministers must consult—

(a)

the Keeper,

(b)

such persons as the Scottish Ministers consider representative of the interests of small landholders and their landlords, and

(c)

such other persons as the Scottish Ministers consider are likely to have an interest in the registration of interests to buy land under this Part.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 2 para. 72 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 47(2)