Explanatory Notes

Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003

2003 asp 2

25 February 2003

The Act – an Overview

Part 2 the Community Right to Buy

Section 65:  Effect of right to buy on other rights

241.Subsection (1) states the effect of the community right to buy in relation to pre‑existing rights of pre-emption, redemption, or reversion . These rights are suspended when a community body confirms that it wishes to exercise its right to buy and revived when the transfer is completed or if the right to buy does not proceed for whatever reason.

242.Subsection (2) identifies specific statutory and related rights which are suspended during the right to buy process, but are revived in the same way as the rights described in subsection (1).

243.Subsection (3) makes clear that nothing in Part 2t affects inhibitions, adjudications or any other diligence.