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Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015

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64Application: information about rights and interest in land

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(1)Section 73 of the 2003 Act (application by crofting community body for consent to buy croft land etc.) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (5)—

(a)after “form”, insert “, shall specify the persons mentioned in subsection (5ZA)”,

(b)in paragraph (b)—

(i)in sub-paragraph (i), after “application”, insert “known to the crofting community body”, and

(ii)the words from “(ii)” to the end of the paragraph are repealed, and

(c)paragraph (f) is repealed.

(3)After subsection (5), insert—

“(5ZA)The persons are—

(a)the owner of the land,

(b)any creditor in a standard security over the land or any part of it with a right to sell the land or any part of it,

(c)the tenant of any tenancy of land over which the tenant has an interest,

(d)the person entitled to any sporting interests,

in respect of which the right to buy is sought to be exercised.”.

(4)After subsection (5A), insert––

“(5AA)Ministers may by regulations––

(a)modify any of paragraphs (a) to (g) of subsection (5),

(b)provide for any of those paragraphs not to apply in such cases or circumstances as may be specified in the regulations.”.

(5)In subsection (11), for paragraphs (a) and (b), substitute “in such manner as may be prescribed”.

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