<Legislation xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/17" NumberOfProvisions="142" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation http://www.legislation.gov.uk/schema/legislation.xsd" SchemaVersion="2.0" RestrictExtent="S" RestrictStartDate="2026-05-19"><ukm:Metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:ukm="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/metadata">
					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/section/15</dc:identifier><dc:title>Crofting and Scottish Land Court Act 2026</dc:title><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-06-12</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2026-05-19</dct:valid>
					
					<atom:link rel="self" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/section/15/data.xml" type="application/xml"/><atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/resources" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/resources" title="More Resources"/>
					
					<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/notes" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/17/section/15/notes" title="Explanatory Notes"/><atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/notes/toc" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/notes/contents" title="Explanatory Notes Table of Contents"/>
					
					<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/act" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17" title="whole act"/><atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/introduction" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/introduction" title="introduction"/>
					<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/body" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/body" title="body"/>
					<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/schedules" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/schedules" title="schedules"/>
					
										
					
					
					
					<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/rdf+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/section/15/data.rdf" title="RDF/XML"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/akn+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/section/15/data.akn" title="AKN"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/section/15/data.xht" title="HTML snippet"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/section/15/data.htm" title="Website (XHTML) Default View"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="text/csv" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/section/15/data.csv" title="CSV"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/section/15/data.pdf" title="PDF"/>
					<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/akn+xhtml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/section/15/data.html" title="HTML5 snippet"/>

					
					<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/tableOfContents" hreflang="en" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/contents" title="Table of Contents"/>
					
					<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/section/15/enacted" title="enacted"/>
					
					<atom:link rel="up" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17" title="Entire legislation"/><atom:link rel="prev" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/section/14" title="Provision; Section 14"/><atom:link rel="prevInForce" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/introduction" title="Introduction; Introduction"/><atom:link rel="next" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/section/16" title="Provision; Section 16"/><atom:link rel="nextInForce" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/section/64" title="Provision; Section 64"/>
					<ukm:PrimaryMetadata><ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:DocumentCategory Value="primary"/><ukm:DocumentMainType Value="ScottishAct"/><ukm:DocumentStatus Value="revised"/></ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:Year Value="2026"/><ukm:Number Value="17"/><ukm:EnactmentDate Date="2026-05-18"/><ukm:ISBN Value="9780105904618"/></ukm:PrimaryMetadata>
					

                    
									<ukm:Notes><ukm:Note IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/17/section/15/notes" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/section/15/notes"/><ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/pdfs/aspen_20260017_en.pdf" Date="2026-07-15" Title="Explanatory Notes" Size="1302321"/></ukm:Alternatives>       
								</ukm:Notes> 
					<ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/pdfs/asp_20260017_en.pdf" Date="2026-05-19" Size="1941921" Print="true"/></ukm:Alternatives>
					
					<ukm:Statistics>
									<ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="142"/>
									<ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="96"/>
									<ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="46"/>
									<ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/>
									<ukm:TotalImages Value="0"/>
								</ukm:Statistics>
				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/17/body" NumberOfProvisions="96" RestrictExtent="S" RestrictStartDate="2026-05-19"><Part DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/part/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/17/part/1" NumberOfProvisions="84" id="part-1" RestrictExtent="S" Match="false" Status="Prospective"><Number>Part 1</Number><Title>Crofting reform</Title><Chapter DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/part/1/chapter/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/17/part/1/chapter/1" NumberOfProvisions="51" Match="false" Status="Prospective" id="part-1-chapter-1" RestrictExtent="S"><Number>Chapter 1</Number><Title>Crofts and crofters</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/part/1/chapter/1/crossheading/restriction-on-assignation-and-acquisition-following-commission-let" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/17/part/1/chapter/1/crossheading/restriction-on-assignation-and-acquisition-following-commission-let" NumberOfProvisions="2" Match="false" Status="Prospective" id="part-1-chapter-1-crossheading-restriction-on-assignation-and-acquisition-following-commission-let" RestrictExtent="S"><Title>Restriction on assignation and acquisition following Commission let</Title><P1group Match="false" Status="Prospective" RestrictExtent="S"><Title>Authorisation by Land Court of acquisition of croft land: breach of duty</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/section/15" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/17/section/15" id="section-15">
<Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-ad42e88aeb34cdbb2b47bad591f9bc13"/>15</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/section/15/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/17/section/15/1" id="section-15-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The 1993 Act is modified as follows.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/17/section/15/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/17/section/15/2" id="section-15-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>In section 13 (authorisation by Land Court of acquisition of croft land), after subsection (2) insert—</Text>
<BlockAmendment Context="main" Format="double" TargetClass="primary" TargetSubClass="unknown">
<P2>
<Pnumber>2A</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The Land Court—</Text>
<P3>
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>may, where it has received a copy of a notice given to the crofter by the Commission under section 26C(1), sist proceedings in respect of an application made under section 12(1) until the Commission confirm—</Text>
<P4>
<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>they are satisfied that the duty is being complied with, or</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4>
<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>any of the circumstances mentioned in section 26E(c), (d)(i), (e)(i) or (f)(i) apply, and</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3>
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>must not make an order in accordance with subsection (1)(a) where it is satisfied by the Commission that the crofter is not complying with any of the duties mentioned in section 5AA, 5B or 5C.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
</BlockAmendment>
<AppendText>.</AppendText>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1></P1group></Pblock></Chapter></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary Type="I" id="key-ad42e88aeb34cdbb2b47bad591f9bc13"><Para><Text>S. 15  not in force at Royal Assent, see <CitationSubRef id="n685eb6bd2d2355e3" SectionRef="section-66-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/17/section/66/2" Operative="true">s. 66(2)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>