Part 1SLand reform

Chapter 2SFunctions of the Land Commissioners

9Functions of the Land Commissioners: further provisionsS

(1)The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 is modified as follows.

(2)In section 22 (functions of the Land Commissioners), in subsection (5), after paragraph (e) (as inserted by section 8(2) of this Act) insert ,

(f)the relationship between scale and concentrations of land holdings and local economic development,

(g)the desirability of achieving a more diverse pattern of landownership comprising more landowners and different types of landowners,

(h)measures to prevent depopulation and support the repopulation of land and the sustainability of communities..

Commencement Information

I1S. 9 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 47(2)

I2S. 9 in force at 16.3.2026 by S.S.I. 2026/119, reg. 2(1)(2)(b)