PART 2THE CROFTING REGISTER

Registration of common grazings

24First registration of common grazings

1

An unregistered common grazing—

a

must be registered, in the case of a new common grazing, subject to section 51B of the 1993 Act, on the determination under section 51A(1) of that Act to constitute the land as a common grazing;

b

may be registered, in any other case, on an application being made by the Commission.

2

Where land is registered under subsection (1), for the purposes of this Act—

a

the land is, from the date of registration, a common grazing; and

b

the land which comprises the common grazing is determined by the description of that land in the registration schedule of the common grazing.

3

Nothing in this section affects whether, before the date of registration, the land was a common grazing.

4

In this Part, “new common grazing” means land in relation to which the Commission have made a determination, under section 51A(1) of the 1993 Act, to constitute the land as a common grazing.