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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a Scottish Statutory Instrument: The Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (Commencement No. 3, Transitory, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2012 No. 288
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force all of the provisions of the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (“the 2010 Act”) which are not currently in force.
Article 3(1)(a) and Part 1 of Schedule 1 appoint 30th October 2012 for the coming into force of certain provisions concerning the new Crofting Register. These concern the establishment of the Register itself and the making of subordinate legislation in connection with registration in that Register. In addition, section 52 of the 2010 Act, which gives the Scottish Ministers power to make an order making pre-consolidation modifications of enactments relating to crofting, also comes into force on this date.
Article 3(1)(b) and Part 2 of Schedule 1 appoint 30th November 2012 for the coming into force of certain provisions concerning registration in the new Register. These concern permitting first registration and requiring the registration of subsequent events in connection with existing registrations.
Article 3(1)(c) appoints 30th November 2013 for the coming into force of the remaining provisions of the 2010 Act. These provisions relate to imposing requirements to register in certain circumstances.
Article 4 and Schedule 2 make transitional, transitory and savings provision in connection with the provisions commenced by article 3.
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