3Retrospective effect and application
1
The provisions mentioned in subsection (2) are to be treated for all purposes as having had effect during the period from 1 October 2011 until the coming into force of this Act.
2
Those provisions are—
a
the provisions of the 1993 Act inserted by section 1 (other than section 24D(3)), as modified by subsection (3), and
b
the modifications of that Act made by the schedule.
3
The modifications referred to in subsection (2)(a) are that—
a
in section 24B, subsection (3) is omitted,
b
in section 24C(4)(d), “(4ZC) and” is substituted for “
(4ZA) to
”
.
4
Accordingly—
a
an application of a kind mentioned in subsection (5) is to be treated as having been made under section 24A(1) of the 1993 Act (as inserted by section 1),
b
a decision of a kind mentioned in subsection (6), and a direction of a kind mentioned in that subsection, is to be treated as having been made or, as the case may be, given under section 24B(1) of that Act (as so inserted).
5
The application referred to in subsection (4)(a) is one purported to have been made—
a
by an owner-occupier crofter under section 24(3) of the 1993 Act,
b
during the period from 1 October 2011 until the coming into force of this Act.
6
The decision referred to in subsection (4)(b), and the direction referred to in that paragraph, is one purported to have been made or, as the case may be, given—
a
by the Commission under section 24(3) of the 1993 Act,
b
on an application of a kind mentioned in subsection (5),
c
before the coming into force of this Act.
7
In this section, the “Commission” and “owner-occupier crofter” have the meanings given by the 1993 Act.