Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016

1991 Act

15 (1) The 1991 Act is amended as follows.

(2) In section 22 (restrictions on operation of notices to quit)—

(a) in subsection (1), “and to section 25 of this Act” is repealed,

(b) in subsection (2), paragraph (g) is repealed.

(3) In section 24 (consents for the purposes of section 22)—

(a) in subsection (1), “and to section 25(3) of this Act” is repealed,

(b) in subsection (3), “(subject to section 25(4) of this Act)” is repealed.

(4) In section 55 (additional payments to tenants quitting holdings: supplementary provision)—

(a) in subsection (1), paragraph (c) is repealed,

(b) in subsection (2), in paragraph (b), “or, where the tenant has succeeded to the tenancy as the near relative of a deceased tenant, as to the matter referred to in any of Cases 1, 3, 5 and 7 in Schedule 2 to this Act” is repealed,

(c) in subsection (6)—

(i) for “by virtue of a notice to quit” substitute “under section 12B”,

(ii) paragraph (a) is repealed,

(iii) in paragraph (c), for “notice” substitute “counter-notice under section 12B(2)”.

(5) Schedule 2 (grounds for consent to operation of notices to quit a tenancy where section 25(3) applies) is repealed.