2016 No. 193 (C. 16)
The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2016
Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 130(2), (3) and (4) of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 20161 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 28th June 2016.
2
In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016.
Appointed days2
1
28th June 2016 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the table in the schedule (the subject matter of which is specified in column 2 of that table).
2
1st October 2016 is the day appointed for the coming into force of sections 1 and 2 of the Act (land rights and responsibilities statement).
3
1st October 2017 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 3 of the Act (duty to promote land rights and responsibilities statement).
Transitional provision3
The commencement by these Regulations of sections 74 to 76 of the Act does not have the effect of requiring a valuation roll in force prior to 1st April 2017 to be altered, whether by the addition of a new entry to such a roll or the amendment of an existing entry.
SCHEDULEPROVISIONS OF THE ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 28TH JUNE 2016
Column 1 Provision of the Act | Column 2 Subject matter |
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Section 74 | Repeal of exclusion of shootings and deer forests from valuation roll |
Section 75 | Valuation of shootings and deer forests |
Section 76 | Net annual value of deer forests |
Section 77 | Change of use of land forming part of the common good |
Section 78 | Functions of deer panels |
Section 79 | Review of compliance with code of practice on deer management |
Section 80 | Deer management plans |
Section 81 | Power to require return on number of deer planned to be killed |
Section 82 | Increase in penalty for failure to comply with control scheme |
(This note is not part of the Regulations)