Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016

29 Application to inquire into breach of code of practice

(1) A person may apply to the Tenant Farming Commissioner to inquire into an alleged breach of a code of practice (an “alleged breach”) if the person—

(a) has an interest in a relevant tenancy, or

(b) would have an interest in a relevant tenancy but for the alleged breach.

(2) An application under subsection (1) must contain—

(a) the applicant’s details,

(b) details of each other person having an interest in the relevant tenancy, so far as the applicant is aware of them,

(c) details of the alleged breach,

(d) the provision of the code of practice that the alleged breach relates to.

(3) Subject to subsection (5), an application must be accompanied by the appropriate fee set by the Tenant Farming Commissioner.

(4) When setting the appropriate fee, the Tenant Farming Commissioner must have regard to the likely impact of the fee on the number of applications under subsection (1).

(5) The Tenant Farming Commissioner may waive payment of the appropriate fee if the Commissioner considers that payment is likely to result in undue hardship to the applicant.

(6) An application under subsection (1) is without prejudice to any time limit for proceedings in the Land Court under any enactment.