Crofters Common Grazings Regulation Act 1891

2 Appointment of committee.

The crofters in any township or townships situated in a crofting parish or parishes within the meaning of the principal Act, who share in the same common grazing, may, at a public meeting called by public notice, appoint a committee of such number as the meeting shall think fit, not being less than three or more than five, who shall be charged with the duty (in so far as such matters are not regulated by conditions binding in terms of section one, sub-section five, of the principal Act) of making regulations as to the number of stock which each crofter shall be entitled to put on the common grazing, and as to any other matters affecting the fair exercise of their joint rights therein by the several crofters.

The notice of meeting may be given by any two crofters interested in the common grazing or other right, and the notice shall be given by being published for two successive weeks in any newspaper circulating in the parish, or by being posted for two successive weeks at or near the door of every place of worship and every public school in the district affected.

In the event of any dispute arising as to the sufficiency of any such notice, such dispute shall be decided summarily by the Crofters Commission, and their decision shall be final.

The regulations so made shall be submitted to the Crofters Commission, who shall cause reasonable notice to be given to the landlord of the said common grazing; and shall hear the parties, if this be desired by any party, and make such inquiry as they may deem necessary; and they shall, in considering the said regulations, have regard to any existing custom of the township in the matters affected, whether founded on estate rules or otherwise; and they may approve of the proposed regulations with or without alteration, or they may refuse to approve of the same; and, when so approved, such regulations shall come into force and may be added to or altered by the committee from time to time with the like approval.