PART 4 SCOMMUNITY RIGHTS TO BUY LAND

Modifications of Part 2 of Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003S

58Creditors in standard security with right to sell land: appealsS

In section 61 of the 2003 Act (appeals)—

(a)after subsection (3), insert—

(3A)A creditor in a standard security with a right to sell land may appeal to the sheriff against—

(a)a decision by Ministers that a community interest in the land is to be entered in the Register, or

(b)a decision by Ministers to give consent to the exercise by a community body of its right to buy the land.,

(b)in subsection (4), for the words “or (3)”, substitute “ , (3) or (3A) ”, and

(c)in subsection (6)—

(i)the word “and” immediately following paragraph (a)(i) is repealed,

(ii)in paragraph (a), after sub-paragraph (ii), insert and

(iii)any creditor in a standard security with a right to sell the land to which the appeal relates;,

(iii)the word “and” immediately following paragraph (b)(i) is repealed,

(iv)for the word “or” immediately following paragraph (b)(ii), substitute and

(iii)any creditor in a standard security with a right to sell the land to which the appeal relates;,

(v)the word “and” immediately following paragraph (c)(ii) is repealed,

(vi)in paragraph (c), after sub-paragraph (iii), insert and

(iv)any creditor in a standard security with a right to sell the land to which the appeal relates;, and

(vii)after paragraph (c), insert or

(d)under subsection (3A) above, the creditor must intimate that fact to—

(i)the community body,

(ii)the owner, and

(iii)Ministers..