Explanatory Notes

Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012

2012 asp 5

10 July 2012

Commentary on Sections

Part 9: Rights of Persons Acquiring Etc. in Good Faith

Servitudes

Section 90: Grant of servitude by person not proprietor

206.This section is the equivalent section to section 86, but for servitudes. It provides that in certain cases a servitude granted by someone with a bad title is valid. Like section 86, it requires the proprietor of the benefited property to be in good faith. This section applies only to the grant of a new servitude. It does not cover the case where land is disponed and from the register it appears that there is a servitude benefiting the property (i.e. as a pertinent), but in fact the servitude is invalid. In such a case, the servitude remains invalid notwithstanding the transfer to a good faith acquirer.