Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974 (c. 38)

SCHEDULES

Section 4.

SCHEDULE 1 Forms Prescribed under section 4

Form 1 FORM OF NOTICE PRESCRIBED UNDER SECTION 4

“NOTICE OF REDEMPTION

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Form 2 FORM OF RECEIPT PRESCRIBED UNDER SECTION 4

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Section 5.

SCHEDULE 2 Form of Notice Prescribed under Section 5

“NOTICE OF REDEMPTION

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Section 6.

SCHEDULE 3 Form of Notice Prescribed under Section 6

“NOTICE OF REDEMPTION

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Section 7.

SCHEDULE 4 Statement Referred to in Section 7(1)(b)

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Section 9.

SCHEDULE 5 Form of Notice Prescribed under Section 9

“NOTICE

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Note to be appended to Notice

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Section 18.

SCHEDULE 6 Amendment of Law Relating to Registration of Leases

[1857 c. 26.] The Registration of Leases (Scotland) Act 1857

1 In section 1 (long leases, and assignations thereof, registrable in register of sasines), for the words " of thirty-one years, and for any greater number of years that shall be stipulated" there shall be substituted the words " exceeding twenty years ".

2 In section 2 (recorded leases effectual against singular successors in the lands let), the words " at or subsequent to the date of entry therein stipulated " shall cease to have effect

3 Section 16 (registration equivalent to possession) shall be renumbered as subsection (1) of that section, and at the end there shall be added the following subsection—

“(2) The registration of any such lease or other writ as aforesaid, in manner herein provided, on or after 1st September 1974, shall, without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this section and to the provisions of section 2 of the [1973 c. 52.] Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973, complete the right under the same to the effect of establishing in virtue thereof such a preference as aforesaid over the right of any party to any such lease or writ, or of any party in his right, granted after that date and not registered in manner herein provided at the time of the registration of the lease or writ first mentioned.”.

4 In section 17 (leases with obligation to renew, registrable), for the words " of thirty-one years or upwards" there shall be substituted the words " exceeding twenty years ".

5 Section 18 (which provides that certain leases are not to be registrable where the name and extent of the lands is not given or where they exceed 50 acres) shall cease to have effect.

6 In section 19 (extracts registrable where leases recorded in Court of Session or sheriff court books), the words "before the passing thereof " shall cease to have effect.

[1954 c. 49.] The Long Leases (Scotland) Act 1954

7 In section 27 (amendment of section 18 of the Registration of Leases (Scotland) Act 1857), subsection (1) and, in subsection (2), the words after " 1924 " shall cease to have effect.

NOTES

(a)

The amendments made in accordance with this Schedule to sections 1, 2 and 17 of the Registration of Leases (Scotland) Act 1857 shall have effect in relation to leases executed before the commencement of this Act as they have effect in relation to those executed thereafter.

(b)

Section 19 of the [1857 c. 26.] Registration of Leases (Scotland) Act 1857 shall be deemed always to have had effect subject to the amendment thereto made in accordance with this Schedule.

(c)

Section 27(1) of the [1954 c. 49.] Long Leases (Scotland) Act 1954 (which is repealed by this Act) shall be deemed always to have had effect subject to the substitution, before the words " there is endorsed " , for the word " and ", of the words " or (as the case may be) ".

Section 23.

SCHEDULE 7 Repeals

Chapter	Short Title	Extent of Repeal
3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 69.	The Crown Lands (Scotland) Act 1833.	Section 7.
15 & 16 Vict. c. 28.	The Commissioners of Works Act 1852.	Section 7.
20 & 21 Vict. c. 26.	The Registration of Leases (Scotland) Act 1857.	In section 2, the words " at or subsequent to the date of entry therein stipulated ".
		Section 18.
		In section 19, the words "before the passing thereof ".
2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 49.	The Long Leases (Scotland) Act 1954.	In section 27, subsection (1) and, in subsection (2), the words after " 1924 ".