Crofting (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2013

SCHEDULE Consequential modifications

(introduced by section 2)

Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993 (c.44)

1 (1) The 1993 Act is further amended as follows.

(2) In section 3(2)(b) (effect of decrofting on meaning of “croft”), after “(3)” insert “or 24B(1)”.

(3) In section 17(7) (duty to notify Commission of acquisition of croft land), after “24(3)” insert “or 24B(1)”.

(4) In section 23 (vacant crofts)—

(a) in subsection (11), after “24” insert “, 24A to 24D”,

(b) in subsection (12A)—

(i) for “and section 24 have” substitute “has”,

(ii) in paragraph (b), omit “, and any reference to a landlord in section 24,”.

(5) In section 41(2)(cd)(iii) (content of Register of Crofts), after “24(3)” insert “, 24B(1)”.

Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 14)

2 (1) The 2010 Act is amended as follows.

(2) In section 4(4) (triggers for first registration), in paragraph (l)—

(a) omit “or” after sub-paragraph (ii),

(b) after that sub-paragraph insert—

“(iia) by application under section 24A(1) of that Act; or”.

(3) In section 5(3) (events to be registered in relation to registered crofts), in paragraph (l), for “, as the case may be, (3)” substitute “(3) or, as the case may be, 24B(1)”.

(4) In section 10 (completion of registration: further provision on first registrations)—

(a) in subsection (7), after “(l)(ii)” insert “, (l)(iia)”,

(b) in subsection (8)(b), after “(3)” insert “or 24B(1)”.

(5) In section 15(3) (resumed and decrofted crofts)—

(a) in paragraph (a), for “, as the case may be, (3)” substitute “(3) or, as the case may be, 24B(1)”,

(b) after that paragraph insert—

“(aa) in the case of a decrofting direction under section 24B(1), the Commission have not revoked the direction under section 25(3);”.

(6) In schedule 2 (persons responsible for registration)—

(a) in Table 1, after the entry relating to section 4(4)(l)(ii) insert—

“The making of an application as mentioned in section 4(4)(l)(iia)

The owner-occupier crofter making the application”,

(b) in Table 2, in the entry relating to section 5(3)(l), in the second column, for “landlord” substitute “person”.