Long Leases (Scotland) Act 1954

PART III General

28 Applications to sheriff

(1) Any dispute arising out of the provisions of this Act shall be referred to the sheriff and determined by him.

(2) The decision of the sheriff in any application made to him under this or any other section of this Act shall be final and not subject to review.

(3) The sheriff may in any such application make such award of expenses as he thinks proper, or may make no award of expenses.

(4) Any such application shall be conducted and disposed of in a summary manner.

(5) In this Act any reference to the sheriff shall, in relation to any lease or sub-lease, be construed as a reference to the sheriff within whose jurisdiction the property let under such lease or sub-lease, or any part of such property, is situated.

29 Application to Crown

This Act shall, subject to the provisions of section four thereof, apply where there is an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown or to a Government department or held on behalf of Her Majesty for the purposes of a Government department in like manner as where no such interest subsists.

30 Construction of references to enactments

Any reference in this Act to any previous enactment shall, except in so far as the contrary intention appears, be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, extended or applied by any subsequent enactment, including this Act.

31 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) This Act may be cited as the Long Leases (Scotland) Act, 1954.

(2) This Act shall come into operation on the first day of September, nineteen hundred and fifty-four.

(3) This Act shall apply to Scotland only.