The Crofting Community Right to Buy (Grant Towards Compensation Liability) (Scotland) Regulations 2004

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Crofting Community Right to Buy (Grant Towards Compensation Liability) (Scotland) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 15th June 2004.

(2) In these Regulations–

“the Act” means the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003;

“the claimant” means any of the persons specified in section 89(1) of the Act.

2.  An application for a grant made under section 90 of the Act shall be submitted to Ministers, with the information and documents specified in the Schedule to these Regulations, by the crofting community body which is liable to pay compensation under section 89(1) of the Act.

3.  An application for a grant under regulation 2 shall be submitted within 90 days of–

(a) the date on which the crofting community body and the claimant agreed the amount of compensation payable; or

(b) the date on which the Land Court determined under section 89(5) of the Act the amount of compensation payable,

whichever date is the earlier.

4.  Ministers shall issue their decision on an application for a grant under section 90 of the Act within 21 days of the date of its receipt.

ALLAN WILSON

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

18th May 2004