Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 70)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 Modification of Enactments Consequential on Application of Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 to Tenancies of Crofts

PART I Modification of Enactments

THE CROFTERS (SCOTLAND) ACT 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 58)

19 In section 6(1)—

(a) after the words " this Act" there shall be inserted the words " , or to the executor of a deceased crofter, ";

(b) for the words " on his croft" there shall be substituted the words " on the croft ";

(c) for the words from " (a) the value " to " as the case may be " there shall be substituted the following words:—

“(a) the value of that improvement as at the date when—

(i) the crofter renounced his tenancy, or

(ii) the crofter was removed from the croft, or

(iii) the tenancy of the croft was terminated in pursuance of section 16(3) of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964,

as the case may be,”.

20 In section 6(3)—

(a) after the words " if the crofter " there shall be inserted the words " or, as the case may be, the executor of the deceased crofter ";

(b) after the words "to the crofter", in both places where they occur, there shall be inserted the words " or executor ";

(c) after the words " by the crofter" there shall be inserted the words " or, as the case may be, the executor of the deceased crofter ".

21 In section 6(4), at the end there shall be inserted the following words—

“and for the purposes of the said subsection the executor of a deceased crofter shall be deemed to be qualified if the deceased crofter would have been qualified as mentioned in the foregoing provisions of this subsection.”.