16After section 20B (as inserted by section 52) insert—
The Leases Act 1449 (c.6) does not apply to a lease registrable under this Act and granted on or after the date on which—
(a)the land to which the lease relates, or any part of that land, became land within an operational area (that is to say within an area in respect of which the provisions of the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 (c.33) had come into operation), or
(b)section 52 of the Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 5) (amendment of Registration of Leases (Scotland) Act 1857 (c.26)) comes into force.
This Act applies to a contract within the meaning of section 66 of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 15) (application of Leases Act 1449) as it does to a lease described in section 1 of this Act provided that the contract in question—
(a)is for a period exceeding 20 years, or
(b)includes an obligation such as is described in section 17 of this Act.
Except where the context otherwise requires, in this Act—
(a)the expression “the register” is to be construed as including a reference to the Land Register of Scotland, and
(b)analogous expressions are to be construed accordingly.”.