Long Leases (Scotland) Act 2012
2012 asp 9 · Enacted 7 August 2012 · Extends to Scotland
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to convert certain long leases into ownership; to provide for the conversion into real burdens of certain rights and obligations under such leases; to provide for payment to former owners of land of compensation for loss of it on conversion; and for connected purposes.
The Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 28th June 2012 and received Royal Assent on 7th August 2012
Contents
- Part 1: Conversion of long lease to ownership
- Determination of “qualifying lease”
- 1Meaning of “qualifying lease”
- 2Further provision about annual rent
- 3Only one lease is qualifying lease
- Conversion of right of lease to ownership
- 4Conversion of right of lease to right of ownership
- Consequences of conversion
- 5Extinction of certain rights and obligations
- 6Subordinate real rights, reservations and pertinents
- 7Creation of servitudes on conversion
- 8Conversion of reserved sporting rights
- 9Further provision for section 8
- Part 2: Conversion of certain leasehold conditions to real burdens
- Determination of “qualifying conditions”
- 10Qualifying conditions
- 11Restriction on conversion of qualifying conditions
- Meaning of “qualifying land”
- 12Meaning of “qualifying land”
- Entitlement to enforce qualifying conditions
- 13Determination of who may enforce condition
- Conversion of conditions to burdens
- 14Conversion by nomination of benefited property
- 15Conversion by nomination: registration
- 16Conversion by nomination: effect
- 17Conversion by agreement
- 18Conversion by agreement: registration
- 19Conversion by agreement: effect
- 20Conversion by agreement: title not completed
- Applications relating to section 14
- 21Lands Tribunal order
- 22Dealing with application under section 21
- Personal real burdens
- 23Conversion to personal pre-emption or redemption burden
- 24Conversion to economic development burden
- 25Conversion to health care burden
- 26Conversion to climate change burden
- 27Conversion to conservation burden: rule one
- 28Conversion to conservation burden: rule two
- Other real burdens
- 29Conversion to facility or service burden
- 30Conversion to manager burden
- 31Conversion where common scheme affects related properties
- 32Conversion where expressly enforceable by certain third parties
- Exclusions from conversion
- 33Qualifying condition where obligation assumed by public authority
- Effect of conversion on counter-obligations
- 34Counter-obligations on conversion
- Prescription
- 35Prescriptive period for converted conditions
- Notices and agreements under this Part
- 36Further provision for notices and agreements
- Part 3: Allocation of rents and renewal premiums etc.
- Key terms
- 37Partially continuing leases and renewal obligations etc.
- 38Cumulo rent and cumulo renewal premium
- Allocation of rent
- 39Allocation of cumulo rent before appointed day
- 40Allocation of cumulo rent after appointed day
- 41Partially continuing leases: allocation of rent
- Allocation of renewal premium
- 42Allocation of cumulo renewal premium
- 43Partially continuing leases: allocation of renewal premium
- Allocation disputed or not made
- 44Allocation disputed or not made: reference to Lands Tribunal
- Part 4: Compensation for loss of landlord's rights
- Compensatory payment
- 45Requiring compensatory payment
- 46Making compensatory payment
- Calculation of compensatory payment
- 47Calculation of the compensatory payment
- Annual rent
- 48Determination of the annual rent
- Renewal premiums
- 49Calculation of notional annual renewal premium
- Additional payment
- 50Claiming additional payment
- 51Extinguished rights
- 52Calculating additional payment
- 53Additional payment: former tenant agrees
- 54Additional payment: amount mutually agreed
- 55Claim for additional payment: reference to Lands Tribunal
- Supplementary
- 56Claims in excess of £500: preliminary notice
- 57Making payment by instalments
- 58Collecting third party to disclose information
- 59Duty to disclose identity etc. of former tenant
- 60Prescription of requirement to make payment
- 61Interpretation of Part 4
- Part 5: Exemption from conversion and continuing leases
- Exempt leases
- 62Exempt leases
- Types of exempt lease
- 63Exemption of qualifying lease by registration of notice
- 64Exemption of qualifying lease by registration of agreement or order
- 65Certain leases registered near or after the appointed day
- 66Subleases of exempt leases
- Recall of exemption
- 67Recall of exemption
- Supplementary
- 68Exemption and recall notices: supplementary
- 69Application to Lands Tribunal for order confirming rent
- Part 6: General and miscellaneous
- The appointed day
- 70The appointed day
- Duration of lease etc.
- 71Determining duration of lease
- 72Leases continuing on tacit relocation
- Extinction of right of irritancy in certain leases
- 73Extinction of right of irritancy in certain leases
- Notices etc.
- 74Service of notices
- 75Notices: pre-registration requirements
- 76Keeper's duty as regards documents
- 77Disputed notices: reference to Lands Tribunal
- 78Certain documents registrable despite initial rejection
- Miscellaneous
- 79Amendments to enactments
- 80Interpretation
- 81Ancillary provision
- 82Subordinate legislation
- 83Commencement
- 84Short title
- Schedule: Minor and consequential amendments
- Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970 (c.35)
- 1Paragraph 1
- Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (c.53)
- 2Paragraph 2
- Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 9)
- 3Paragraph 3