Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2025

Diversification agreement entered into during proceedings under paragraph 23

24 (1) This paragraph applies where the landlord and the small landholder of a small landholding enter into a diversification agreement—

(a) after the landlord makes an application to the Land Court under paragraph 23(2), but

(b) before the Land Court makes a determination in relation to that application under paragraph 23(4).

(2) The Land Court may, on the application of the landlord or the landholder, instead of determining the application under paragraph 23(4), determine that the diversification proposal to which the application relates—

(a) is not approved by the Court, and

(b) accordingly, is not to be implemented.

(3) But nothing in sub-paragraph (2) prevents a landholder using land in accordance with the diversification agreement.