Small Landholders And Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1931

6 Amendment of law as to vacant holdings. U.K.

Section seventeen of the Act of 1911 shall be amended by leaving out the words from “if the Land Court” to “may prescribe”; and by inserting after the words “or to a new holder” the following words “and the Board shall have in regard to any such holding the like powers as if the holding had been included in a scheme made and confirmed under section seven of the Act of 1911, as amended by section nine of the Act of 1919, at such rent as the Board may fix, provided that the Board shall pay to the landlord, in lieu of the compensation provided by the said section as so amended, compensation to such amount as, failing agreement, may be determined by the Land Court in respect of any damage or injury arising out of any alteration as regards the rent payable for or the terms and conditions of occupancy of the holding.”

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of ss. 6, 18, 19 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.