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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/9/section/1/2003-04-03</dc:identifier><dc:title>Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003</dc:title><dc:description>An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make further provision as respects real burdens, servitudes and certain other obligations affecting land; to amend the law relating to the ranking of standard securities; and for connected purposes.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-04-17</dc:modified><dct:valid>2003-04-03</dct:valid>
					
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          <Strong>Part 1</Strong>
        </Number><Title>Real burdens: general</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/9/part/1/crossheading/meaning-and-creation/2003-04-03" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/9/part/1/crossheading/meaning-and-creation" NumberOfProvisions="6" RestrictEndDate="2014-12-08" RestrictStartDate="2003-04-04" Match="false" id="part-1-crossheading-meaning-and-creation"><Title><Emphasis>Meaning and creation</Emphasis></Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2003-04-04" Match="false"><Title>The expression  “<Term id="term-real-burden">real burden</Term>”</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/9/section/1/2003-04-03" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/9/section/1" id="section-1"><Pnumber PuncAfter=""><CommentaryRef Ref="c7937291"/>1</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/9/section/1/1/2003-04-03" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/9/section/1/1" id="section-1-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>A real burden is an encumbrance on land constituted in favour of the owner of other land in that person’s capacity as owner of that other land.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/9/section/1/2/2003-04-03" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/9/section/1/2" id="section-1-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In relation to a real burden—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/9/section/1/2/a/2003-04-03" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/9/section/1/2/a" id="section-1-2-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the encumbered land is known as the  “<Term id="term-burdened-property">burdened property</Term>”; and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/9/section/1/2/b/2003-04-03" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/9/section/1/2/b" id="section-1-2-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the other land is known as the  “<Term id="term-benefited-property">benefited property</Term>”.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/9/section/1/3/2003-04-03" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/9/section/1/3" id="section-1-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) above, the expression  “<Term id="term-real-burden">real burden</Term>” includes a personal real burden; that is to say a conservation burden, a rural housing burden, a maritime burden, an economic development burden, a health care burden, a manager burden, a personal pre-emption burden and a personal redemption burden (being burdens constituted in favour of a person other than by reference to the person’s capacity as owner of any land).</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c7937291" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00005" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/9/section/1" SectionRef="section-1">S. 1</CitationSubRef> wholly in force; <CitationSubRef id="c00006" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/9/section/1" SectionRef="section-1">s. 1</CitationSubRef> in force for certain purposes at 4.4.2003 see <CitationSubRef id="c00007" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/9/section/129/2/5" SectionRef="section-129-2-5">s. 129(2)(5)</CitationSubRef>; <CitationSubRef id="c00008" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/9/section/1" SectionRef="section-1">s. 1</CitationSubRef> otherwise in force at 28.11.2004 by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2003/456" id="c00009" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2003" Number="456">S.S.I. 2003/456</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00010" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2003/456/article/2" CitationRef="c00009" SectionRef="article-2" Operative="true">art. 2</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>