# Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985, Section 7: Interpretation of sections 4 to 6.

Extent: S

(1) In sections 4 to 6 of this Act “lease” means a lease of land, whether entered into before or after the commencement of those sections, but does not include a lease of land—
(a) used wholly or mainly for residential purposes; ...
(b) comprising ... a croft, the subject of a cottar or the holding of a landholder or a statutory small tenant; or
(c) where the lease is an agricultural lease.
(2) In subsection (1) above—
“agricultural lease” means a lease constituting a 1991 Act tenancy within the meaning of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 11) or a lease constituting a short limited duration tenancy , a limited duration tenancy, a modern limited duration tenancy or a repairing tenancy (within the meaning of that Act);
“cottar” has the same meaning as in section 28(4) of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955;
“croft” has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955; and
“holding” (in relation to a landholder or statutory small tenant), “landholder” and “statutory small tenant” have the same meanings as in the Small Landholders (Scotland) Acts 1886 to 1931.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/73/section/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1985/section-7
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