272.The paragraphs under this heading set out how the protected period provided by advance notices is extended for advance notices affected by the closure of the application record in the Land Register and Register of Sasines on 24th March 2020.
273.Paragraph 15 applies paragraph 16 to advance notices already entered in the application record and which still had effect on 24th March 2020.
274.Paragraph 16 sets out that the protected period provided by such an advance notice will be extended until 10 days after the day on which the application record fully re-opens (by a declaration of the Keeper to that effect).
275.Paragraph 17 applies paragraph 18 to advance notices already recorded in the Register of Sasines and which still had effect on 24th March 2020.
276.Paragraph 18 sets out that the protected period provided by such an advance notice will be extended until 10 days after the day on which the Register of Sasines fully re-opens.
277.Paragraph 19 makes clear that, while the Act applies, the 2012 Act is to be regarded as having been modified by the adjustments to section 58 of the 2012 Act so:
the protected period for advance notices which had effect on a day the application record and Registers of Sasines are closed to the making of all entries is extended until the later of either the 35 day period provided for in section 58(1) or 10 days after the date on which the application record or Register of Sasines fully re-opens;
the protected period for advance notices entered onto the application record or recorded in the Register of Sasines during a period in which the application record and Register of Sasines is partially closed is extended until the later of either the 35 day period provided for in section 58(1) or 10 days after the date on which the application record or Register of Sasines fully re-opens.