2001 No. 309 (C. 14)

LAND REGISTRATION

The Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 (Commencement No. 15) Order 2001
Made
11th September 2001
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 30(2) of the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation
1
This Order may be cited as the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 (Commencement No. 15) Order 2001.

Commencement of provisions
2
Sections 2(1) and (2) and 3(3) of the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 shall come into force on 1st April 2002 in the areas, for the purpose of registration of writs, of the County of Inverness and the County of Nairn.
JAMES WALLACE
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
11th September 2001
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 1st April 2002 in the areas of the Counties of Inverness and Nairn, sections 2(1) and (2) and 3(3) of the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979. Section 2(1) and (2) provides for the circumstances in which an interest in land shall be registerable and section 3(3) provides that certain persons are to obtain a real right only by registration.
(This note is not part of the Order)
Sections 2(1) and (2) and 3(3) of the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order in relation to the following areas–
Registration Areas | Date of Commencement | S.I. No.
Renfrew | 06/04/1981 | 1980/1412
Dumbarton | 04/10/1982 | 1982/520
Lanark | 03/01/1984 | 1983/745
Glasgow | 30/09/1985 | 1985/501
Clackmannan | 01/10/1992 | 1992/815
Stirling | 01/04/1993 | 1992/2060
West Lothian | 01/10/1993 | 1993/922
Fife | 01/04/1995 | 1994/2588
Aberdeen, Kincardine | 01/04/1996 | 1995/2547
Ayr, Dumfries, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Wigtown | 01/04/1997 | 1996/2490
Perth, Angus, Kinross | 01/04/1999 | 1998/1810
Berwick, East Lothian, Roxburgh, Selkirk, Peebles | 01/10/1999 | 1998/2980
Argyll, Bute | 01/04/2000 | S.S.I. 1999/111
Midlothian | 01/04/2001 | S.S.I. 2000/338
S.I. 1980/1412 also brought into force on 6th April 1981 all the other provisions of the Act, except those which, under section 30(2) of the Act, came into operation on the passing of the Act.
1979 c. 33. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).