Part 2Registration
Prescriptive claimants etc.
I145Notification of prescriptive applications
1
Before accepting an application under section 21 which is received by virtue of section 43(1), the Keeper must notify—
a
the proprietor,
b
if there is no proprietor (or none can be identified), any person who appears to the Keeper able to take steps to complete title as proprietor, or
c
if there is no proprietor and no such person (or, in either case, none can be identified), the Crown.
2
The Keeper's duty to notify persons under subsection (1) only applies in so far as the Keeper considers it reasonably practicable to notify them.
3
Notification is to be by such means as the Keeper considers appropriate.
4
A person to whom notice is given under subsection (1) may object in writing to the application being accepted.
5
If the Keeper receives such an objection within 60 days of the notice, the Keeper must reject the application.
6
Land register rules may make further provision about notification under subsection (1).
7
The Scottish Ministers may, by order, amend subsection (5) so as to substitute for the number of days for the time being mentioned there a different number of days.
8
Before making such an order, the Scottish Ministers must consult the Keeper.