PART 4COMMUNITY RIGHTS TO BUY LAND
Modifications of Part 2 of Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
I148Approval of members of community to buy land
In section 51 of the 2003 Act (exercise of right to buy: approval of community and consent of Ministers), in subsection (2)(a)—
a
in sub-paragraph (i)—
i
for the words “at least half”, substitute “
the proportion
”
,
ii
after “above,”, insert “
who
”
, and
iii
after “land”, insert “
is, in the circumstances, sufficient to justify the community body's proceeding to buy the land;
”
,
b
the word “; or” immediately following sub-paragraph (i) is repealed, and
c
sub-paragraph (ii) is repealed.