Explanatory Notes

Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016

2016 asp 18

22 April 2016

Commentary on Sections

Part 2 – the Scottish Land Commission

Chapter 3 – the Tenant Farming Commissioner
Tenant Farming Commissioner: power to refer questions of law to Land Court
Section 38 – Referral of questions of law by Tenant Farming Commissioner to Land Court

114.Under section 24(1)(f), the Tenant Farming Commissioner has the function of referring for the opinion of the Scottish Land Court any question of law relating to agricultural holdings, and this section provides the Commissioner with the power to make such a reference where the question of law is one which may be competently determined by the Scottish Land Court.