1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Crofting (Designation of Areas) (Scotland) Order 2010 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) In this Order “local government area” means a local government area established by section 1(2) and (4) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994(1).
2. The following areas are designated for the purposes of section 3A(1)(b) of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993—
(a)that part of the local government area of Highland that is outwith the crofting counties(2);
(b)the local government area of Moray;
(c)in the local government area of Argyll and Bute, the parishes of Kingarth, North Bute and Rothesay; and
(d)in the local government area of North Ayrshire, the islands of Arran (including Holy Island and Pladda), Great Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae.
R CUNNINGHAM
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
3rd February 2010