1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Crofting Community Body Form of Application for Consent to Buy Croft Land etc. and Notice of Ministers' Decision (Scotland) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 15th June 2004.
(2) In these Regulations–
“the Act” means the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003;
“crofting community body” has the same meaning as in section 71 of the Act.
2. An application under section 73(2) of the Act by a crofting community body for consent to buy eligible croft land or sporting interests shall be submitted to Ministers in, or as near as may be in, the form in Schedule 1 to these Regulations(1).
3. Ministers shall notify their decision under section 82 of the Act on an application by a crofting community body to buy eligible croft land or sporting interests in, or as near as may be in, the form of Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
ALLAN WILSON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh
18th May 2004