Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000

Valid from 28/11/2004

Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967 (c.86) S

28 (1) The Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2) In section 13(4) (certain persons who have power to enter access agreements), for the words “person, being the liferenter or the heir of entail,” substitute “ liferenter ”.

(3) In section 16 (effect of access agreement or order on rights and liabilities of persons interested in land)—

(a) in each of subsections (6)(a) and (7)(a), for the words “an interest” substitute “ a right ”; and

(b) in subsection (9), for the words “completed by infeftment” substitute “ title has been completed ”.

(4) In each of sections 24(1) (acquisition, by planning authority, of land for public access) and 25(1) (acquisition, by Secretary of State, of land for public access), the word “feu,” shall cease to have effect.

(5) In section 38(5) (recording of public path creation agreement), in the proviso, for the words “completed by infeftment” substitute “ title has been completed ”.

(6) In section 49A (management agreements)—

(a) in subsection (5), for the words “person, being the liferenter or the heir of entail,” substitute “ liferenter ”; and

(b) in subsection (9), for the words “completed by infeftment” substitute “ title has been completed ”.

(7) In section 78(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “interest”, for the words “the ownership of an interest in land” substitute “ ownership ”.