Small Landholders and Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1931

6 Amendment of law as to vacant holdings

Section seventeen of the Act of 1911 shall be amended by leaving out the words from " if the Land Court " to " may prescribe "; and by inserting after the words " or to a new holder " the following words " and " the Board shall have in regard to any such holding the " like powers as if the holding had been included in a " scheme made and confirmed under section seven of " the Act of 1911, as amended by section nine of the " Act of 1919, at such rent as the Board may fix, " provided that the Board shall pay to the landlord, in " lieu of the compensation provided by the said section "as so amended, compensation to such amount as, " failing agreement, may be determined by the Land " Court in respect of any damage or injury arising out " of any alteration as regards the rent payable for or " the terms and conditions of occupancy of the holding."