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					<dc:description>These Rules support the operation of the Crofting Register established by section 3 of the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (“the Act”).</dc:description>
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<Number>2012 No. 294</Number>
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<Title>Crofters, Cottars And Small Landholders</Title>
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<Title>Registers And Records</Title>
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<Title>The Crofting Register (Scotland) Rules 2012</Title>
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<Text>Made</Text>
<DateText>30th October 2012</DateText>
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<Text>Laid before the Scottish Parliament</Text>
<DateText>1st November 2012</DateText>
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<Text>The Scottish Ministers make the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections<Character Name="NonBreakingSpace"/>19(1) and 53(2)(a) of the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010<FootnoteRef Ref="f00001"/> and all other powers enabling them to do so.</Text></P>
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<Text>In accordance with section 19(1), they have consulted the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland and the Crofting Commission.</Text></Para>
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<Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2010/14" id="c00001" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2010" Number="0014">2010 asp 14</Citation> (“the 2010 Act”). Section 19(2) and (3) is applied, with modifications, to common grazings by section 28 of, and paragraph 12 of schedule 3 to, the 2010 Act and to land held runrig by section 32 of that Act.</Text></Para>
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