Section 72: Leases continuing on tacit relocation
277.This section relates to leases continuing on tacit relocation (leases continuing on a year by year basis where, for example, a renewal was due to have taken place but did not actually happen). The section provides that Part 4, on compensation, applies to such leases as does section 71, on determining the duration of the lease, as if any provision requiring the landlord to renew the lease had been complied with.
278.To give an example, some leases in Blairgowrie are for 99 years but contain provisions requiring the landlords to renew them in perpetuity for further periods of 99 years. The effect of section 72 is that where such leases have not been renewed but continue on tacit relocation, the renewal is deemed to have taken place, including conditions about further renewals. This means that the durational requirements for leases to convert to ownership are met.
