Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012

41 Notification to proprietor

(1) This section applies where—

(a) the Keeper accepts an application under section 21 by virtue of it meeting the conditions in section 25, or

(b) the Keeper registers a plot of land under section 29.

(2) The Keeper is to notify—

(a) the proprietor of the plot, and

(b) any other person the Keeper considers appropriate.

(3) The Keeper’s duty to notify persons under subsection (2) only applies in so far as the Keeper considers it reasonably practicable to notify them.

(4) Notification is to be by such means as the Keeper considers appropriate.

(5) Land register rules may make further provision about notification under subsection (2).

(6) A failure to comply with subsection (2) or with any rules so made does not affect the competence or validity—

(a) of the acceptance of the application in question, or

(b) of the registration of the plot of land in question.