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<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
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<Text>The 1993 Act is modified by subsection (2).</Text>
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<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
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<Text>In section 8 (assignation of croft)—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>for subsection (1B) substitute—</Text>
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<Pnumber>1B</Pnumber>
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<Text>The Commission may not grant consent to the assignation of the crofter’s croft if, on the date on which the application for consent was made, the croft was an unregistered croft.</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>subsection (6) is repealed,</Text>
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<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
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<Text>in subsection (6A), in the opening words, for “In relation to a registered croft (other than a first registered croft)” substitute <InlineAmendment>“In relation to an assignation under this section”</InlineAmendment>.</Text>
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<Text>The 2010 Act is modified by subsections (4) to (6).</Text>
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<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
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<Text>In section 4(4) (first registration), paragraph (c) is repealed.</Text>
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<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
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<Text>In section 10(4) (completion of registration), “(c),” is repealed.</Text>
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<Pnumber>6</Pnumber>
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<Text>In schedule 2, in table 1, the entry relating to the making of an application as mentioned in section 4(4)(c) is repealed.</Text>
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