Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003

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(1)Ministers may by regulations make provision for or in connection with prohibiting, during such period as may be specified in the regulations, persons so specified from transferring or otherwise dealing with land in respect of which a Part 3A community body has made an application under section 97G.

(2)Regulations under subsection (1) may in particular include provision—

(a)specifying transfers or dealings which are not prohibited by the regulations,

(b)requiring or enabling such persons as may be specified in the regulations, in such circumstances as may be so specified, to register in the [F2New Register] notices as may be so specified,

(c)requiring, in such circumstances as may be specified in the regulations, such information as may be so specified to be incorporated into deeds relating to the land as may be so specified.

(3)Ministers may by regulations make provision for or in connection with suspending, during such period as may be specified in the regulations, such rights in or over land in respect of which a Part 3A community body has made an application under section 97G as may be so specified.

(4)Regulations under subsection (3) may in particular include provision specifying—

(a)rights to which the regulations do not apply,

(b)rights to which the regulations do not apply in such circumstances as may be specified in the regulations.

(5)Nothing in this Part—

(a)affects the operation of an inhibition on the sale of the land,

(b)prevents an action of adjudication from proceeding, or

(c)affects the commencement, execution or operation of any other diligence.]

Textual Amendments

F1Pt. 3A inserted (30.6.2017 for specified purposes, 27.6.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 6), ss. 74, 142(1); S.S.I. 2017/192, art. 2; S.S.I. 2018/139, art. 2(a)