Explanatory Notes

Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010

2010 asp 14

6 August 2010

The Act

Part 4 – Further Amendments of the 1993 Act

Disposal of croft land, resumption and decrofting

Section 41: Extension of period during which sum is payable on disposal of croft land

111.Section 41 amends subsection (3) of section 14 of the 1993 Act to extend the period during which a crofter who has acquired croft land under section 13(1), or a member of that crofter’s family who has since obtained title to that land, must pay the landlord one half of the profit made following disposal of the land. The period is extended from 5 years to 10 years.