Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7)

Part 3 S Termination of tenancy, decrofting, etc.

25 Compensation for improvements for purposes other than cultivation or grazing etc. S

In section 30 of the 1993 Act (compensation to crofter for improvements), after subsection (6) there is inserted—

“(6A) Subject to subsection (6B) below, in this Act “improvement” does not include anything erected or carried out wholly for—

(a) putting a croft to such other purposeful use as is mentioned in paragraph 3(b) of Schedule 2 to this Act; or

(b) using part of a common grazing for a purpose other than is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of section 50B(1) of this Act.

(6B) Subsection (6A) above does not apply if—

(a) in any written consent given under section 5(7)(a) of this Act as respects the use in question, the landlord agrees that the subsection should not apply; or

(b) before the Commission approve under section 50B(11) of this Act implementation of the proposal for the use in question, the owner gives written intimation to the proposer that, as respects that use, he so agrees.”.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 25 in force at 28.1.2008 by S.S.I. 2007/568, art. 2