PART 2 LAND TRANSFERS ETC. ON AND AFTER APPOINTED DAY

4 Ownership of land

1

Ownership of land shall pass—

a

in a case where a transfer is registrable under section 2 of the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 (c.33), on registration in the Land Register of Scotland;

b

in any other case, on recording of a conveyance of the land in the Register of Sasines.

2

This section is without prejudice to any other enactment, or rule of law, by or under which ownership of land may pass.

3

In subsection (1) above—

a

“conveyance” includes—

i

conveyance by, or under, any enactment, rule of law or decree; and

ii

a notice of title deducing title through a conveyance; and

b

“registrable” and “registration” have the meanings respectively assigned to those expressions by section 1(3) of the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 (c.33).