Section 27: Conversion to conservation burden: rule one
124.This section allows a conservation body, or the Scottish Ministers, with the right to enforce a qualifying condition which promotes conservation to convert that condition into a conservation burden in their favour. “Conservation burden” is defined in section 38(1) of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003. “Conservation body” is defined in section 122(1) of the 2003 Act and refers to any body prescribed by an order made by the Scottish Ministers under section 38(4) of the 2003 Act.
125.Subsection (1) provides for the execution and registration of a notice.
126.Subsection (2) identifies the type of qualifying condition which may be converted. This mirrors the definition of conservation burden in section 38(1) of the 2003 Act.
127.Subsection (3) sets out the content of the notice. Further provision as to counter-obligations (paragraph (f)) is made in section 34.
128.Subsection (4) provides for registration of the notice against the burdened property. Registration can be against either the title of the owner or the title of the tenant.
129.Subsection (5) converts the qualifying condition on the appointed day into a conservation burden for the benefit of the public in favour of the conservation body or the Scottish Ministers provided that the requirements of the section have been complied with and that immediately before the appointed day the qualifying condition is still enforceable.
130.Subsection (6) qualifies the reference in subsection (5) to a conservation body or the Scottish Ministers so as to include successors provided that they are either a conservation body or the Scottish Ministers. In any other case the notice falls and the condition is extinguished on the appointed day.
131.The section is subject to section 36, which makes further provision in relation to notices, and section 75, which deals with pre-registration requirements for notices.
