Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016

45 Meaning of “land”

(1) In this Part “land”—

(a) includes—

(i) bridges and other structures built on or over land,

(ii) inland waters,

(iii) canals,

(iv) the foreshore, being the land between the high and low water marks of ordinary spring tides, and

(v) salmon fishings in inland waters or mineral rights which are owned separately from the land in respect of which they are exigible,

(b) does not include land consisting of any other separate tenement which is owned separately from the land in respect of which it is exigible.

(2) In paragraph (a)(v) of subsection (1) “mineral rights” does not include rights to oil, coal, gas, gold or silver.

(3) In this Part “inland waters” has the meaning given by section 69(1) of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003.