Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886

9 Compensation to cottar for improvements on removal. U.K.

When a cottar if not paying rent is removed from his dwelling and any land or buildings occupied by him in connexion therewith, or if paying rent renounces his tenancy or is removed, he shall be entitled to compensation for any permanent improvements, provided that—

(a)such improvements are suitable to the subject;

(b)such improvements shall have been executed or paid for by the cottar or his predecessors in the same family;

(c)such improvements have not been executed in virtue of any specific agreement in writing under which the cottar was bound to execute such improvements.

The provisions of the preceding section and of this section shall not apply to any buildings erected by a crofter or a cottar in violation of any interdict or other judicial order.