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PART 2LAND TRANSFERS ETC. ON AND AFTER APPOINTED DAY

4Ownership of land

(1)Ownership of land shall pass—

(a)in a case where a transfer is registrable under section 2 of the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 (c. 33), on registration in the Land Register of Scotland;

(b)in any other case, on recording of a conveyance of the land in the Register of Sasines.

(2)This section is without prejudice to any other enactment, or rule of law, by or under which ownership of land may pass.

(3)In subsection (1) above—

(a)conveyance” includes—

(i)conveyance by, or under, any enactment, rule of law or decree; and

(ii)a notice of title deducing title through a conveyance; and

(b)“registrable” and “registration” have the meanings respectively assigned to those expressions by section 1(3) of the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 (c. 33).