Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003

[F1 38A Application to Land Court for order for sale S

(1) This section applies where—

(a) the Land Court has made an order (but not an interim order) under section 84(1)(b) requiring the landlord of a 1991 Act tenancy to remedy a material breach of the landlord's obligations in relation to the tenant, or

(b) an arbiter appointed under section 61A(3) of the 1991 Act has by virtue of section 61A(5) made an award having the same effect as such an order.

(2) Subject to subsection (5), the tenant may apply to the Land Court for an order for sale if the landlord fails to comply with the order or award mentioned in subsection (1)—

(a) in a material regard, and

(b) by the date specified in the order or award by virtue of section 84(2) or, as the case may be, section 61A(5) of the 1991 Act.

(3) An “order for sale” is an order that the tenant has the right to buy the land comprised in the lease.

(4) The tenant must give notice of the application—

(a) to the landlord,

(b) where there is a heritable security over an interest in the land comprised in the lease, to the creditor who holds the security,

(c) to such other persons as the Scottish Ministers may prescribe by regulations.

(5) Where—

(a) the tenant acquired a right to buy the land comprised in the lease under section 28, and

(b) the right to buy was extinguished under section 29(6) or 32(8),

the tenant may apply for an order for sale only if the period of 12 months, beginning with the date on which the right to buy was extinguished, has expired.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 2A inserted (23.12.2016 for specified purposes) by Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 18), ss. 100(2), 130(1) (with s. 128); S.S.I. 2016/365, reg. 2, sch.