11SThe crofter shall permit the landlord or any person authorised by the landlord in that behalf to enter upon the croft for the purpose of exercising (subject always to the payment of such compensation as in case of dispute the Land Court may find to be reasonable in respect of any damage done or occasioned thereby) any of the following rights, and shall not obstruct the landlord or any person authorised as aforesaid in the exercise of any of such rights, that is to say—
(a)mining or taking minerals, or digging or searching for minerals;
(b)quarrying or taking stone, marble, gravel, sand, clay, slate or other workable mineral;
(c)using for any estate purpose any springs of water rising on the croft and not required for the use thereof;
(d)cutting or taking timber or peats, excepting timber and other trees planted by the crofter or any of his predecessors in the tenancy, or which may be necessary for ornament or shelter, and excepting also such peats as may be required for the use of the croft;
(e)opening or making roads, fences, drains and water courses;
(f)passing and re-passing to and from the shore of the sea or any loch with or without vehicles for the purpose of exercising any right of property or other right belonging to the landlord;
(g)viewing or examining at reasonable times the state of the croft and all buildings or improvements thereon;
(h)hunting, shooting, fishing or taking game or fish, wild birds or vermin;
but nothing in this paragraph shall be held to preclude the crofter from recovering any compensation for damage by game which is recoverable under section 52 of the M1Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 [F1, or by virtue of section 53(3) of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 11)] , by a tenantF2....
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 2 para. 11 inserted (27.11.2003) by Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 11), s. 95(3)(4), sch. para. 49(c)(i) (with s. 95(2)); S.S.I. 2003/548, art. 2(i) (with sch.)
F2Words in Sch. 2 para. 11 repealed (27.11.2003) by Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 11), s. 95(3)(4), sch. para. 49(c)(ii) (with s. 95(2)); S.S.I. 2003/548, art. 2(i) (with sch.)
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