Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886

21 Procedure in enlarging holdings

When an application for an enlargement of crofters' holdings is made to the Crofters Commission, they shall intimate such application to the landlord or landlords, as also to the tenant or tenants, and any other person or persons in the occupation of or otherwise interested in the land proposed to be added to the crofters holdings, including heritable creditors holding securities over the same, and shall give notice of the time or times, and place or places, at which parties will be heard in regard to the matter of the application.

It shall be competent to the Commissioners to visit the place to which the application relates, and also if they shall think fit, to call in the assistance of an assessor or assessors, or of a valuer or valuers, as herein-before provided.

In assigning land for the enlargement of crofters holdings, it shall be competent for the Commissioners, if they think fit, to make such order or orders with respect to the erection and maintenance of fencing of the said land as they shall consider necessary or expedient, and to decern that the expense of such erection and maintenance shall be paid by the person or persons interested, as the Crofters Commission shall consider just, having regard to the advantage accruing to the said person or persons respectively from such

It shall also be competent to the Commissioners to decide summarily any questions relating to the boundaries or marches between crofters' holdings, including grazings, or between crofters' holdings, including grazings and adjoining lauds.

In the event of any dispute arising as to whether a person is a " crofter " within the meaning of this Act, it shall he competent for the Commissioners to determine such question summarily.