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An Act to confer new rights on crofters and cottars to acquire subjects tenanted or occupied by them; to confer rights on crofters to share in the value of land resumed by landlords or taken possession of compulsorily; to protect the interests of crofters and cottars from planning blight; to make further provision as to financial assistance for crofters, cottars and certain owner-occupiers of certain land; to make further provision as to the removal of land from crofting tenure; to amend the law with respect to common grazings; to extend the powers of the Scottish Land Court; to make provision for pensions and compensation for members of the Crofters Commission; and for connected purposes.
[10th June 1976]F1
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F1Whole Act except s. 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt. II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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C1Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3
Commencement Information
I1Act wholly in force at Royal Assent.
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F2Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F3Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F4Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F5Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F6Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F7Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F8Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F9Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F10Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F11Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F12Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F13Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F14Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F15Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F16Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F17Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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[F19(2)The books called the “Crofters Holdings Book” and the “Landholders Holdings Book” kept in pursuance of section 27 of the M1Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886 shall be kept by the principal clerk of the Land Court; and accordingly the said section 27 shall cease to have effect.]
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F18S. 17(1) repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 45, s. 2(2)(3), Sch.2.
F19S. 17(2) repealed (so far as applying in crofting counties) (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.I (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F20Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F21Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F22Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F23Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F24Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F25Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F27Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F28Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F30Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F33Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F34Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F38Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F42Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F43Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F44Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F45Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F46Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F47Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F48Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F49Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F52Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F53Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F54Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F58Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F59Sch. 2 para. 25 repealed (25.09.1991) by Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 55, SIF 2:3), s. 88(2), Sch. 13 Pt.I (with s. 45(3), Sch. 12, paras. 1, 3) and whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).
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F60Whole Act except section 17 repealed (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 44, ss. 63(2), 64(2), Sch. 7 Pt.II (with s. 30(5), Sch. 6 para. 4).