Crofting and Scottish Land Court Act 2026

46 Letting of owner-occupied crofts

(1) The 1993 Act is modified by subsection (2).

(2) In subsection 29A (letting of owner-occupied crofts)—

(a) for subsection (2), substitute—

“(2) The Commission may not grant consent to the letting of an owner-occupied croft if, on the date on which the application for consent under subsection (1) was made, the owner-occupied croft was unregistered.”,

(b) in subsection (3)—

(i) in the opening words, for “Subject to subsection (8), in relation to a registered owner-occupied croft (other than an owner-occupied croft which is a first registered croft), or any part of such a croft” substitute “Where the Commission grants consent to the letting of a croft (or any part of a croft) under subsection (1)”,

(ii) in paragraph (a), for “any consent under subsection (1)” substitute “the consent”,

(c) subsection (7) is repealed,

(d) subsection (8) is repealed.

(3) The 2010 Act is modified by subsections (4) to (6).

(4) In section 4 (first registration), paragraph (o) is repealed.

(5) In section 10(4) (completion of registration), “(o)” is repealed.

(6) In schedule 2, in table 1, the entry relating to the making of an application as mentioned in section 4(4)(o) is repealed.