Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003

Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003

2003 asp 2

The Act – an Overview

Part 3 the Crofting Community Right to Buy

Section 94:  Register of Crofting Community Rights to Buy

389. Subsection (1) provides that the Crofters Commission will be responsible for the creation and maintenance of a Register of Crofting Community Rights to Buy.

390. Subsection (2) specifies information and documents that must be kept in the Register and provides that these must be kept available for public inspection and in an accessible form.

391. Subsection (3) gives Ministers power to make orders which modify what may be held on the Register. Section 95(5) provides that no such order may be made unless a draft of it has been approved by a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

392. Subsection (4) specifies who must send copies of documents and information that are to be held on the Register to the Crofters Commission and when that must be done.

393. Subsection (5) provides that the Crofters Commission must ensure free public access to the Register with provision of facilities for copying entries on payment of a charge and provision for obtaining certified copies of entries on payment of a charge.

394. Subsection (6) specifies that certified copies may be used as evidence of the original.