58Period of effect of advance notice
(1)An advance notice has effect for the period of 35 days beginning with the day after the notice is entered in the application record or, as the case may be, recorded in the Register of Sasines.
(2)Subsection (1) is subject to section 63.
(3)The period during which an advance notice has effect is referred to in this Act as the “protected period”.
(4)Subsection (5) applies where two advance notices in relation to the same plot of land or lease are entered into the application record or recorded in the Register of Sasines on the same date.
(5)The protected period in relation to the advance notice which is first to be entered in the application record, or as the case may be recorded in the Register of Sasines, is deemed to begin before the protected period in relation to the other advance notice.
(6)The Scottish Ministers may, by order amend subsection (1) so as to substitute for the period for the time being mentioned there a different period.
(7)Before making such an order, the Scottish Ministers must consult the Keeper.