C1C2Part VI Miscellaneous Powers of Local Authorities
Pt. VI applied (24.2.2016) by National Galleries of Scotland Act 2016 (asp 6), ss. 1, 4
Land transactions
76 Special provisions as to land acquired for public recreation from heir of entail.
Where an heir of entail in possession of land disposes of land to a local authority for the purpose of public recreation under the provisions of this Act or any other enactment (not being land within a quarter of a mile of the mansion house in the natural possession of the heir of entail or part of any garden, orchard or enclosure adjacent to the mansion house which has usually been in the natural possession of the proprietor) and such land does not exceed in all twenty acres, and where the persons in right of heritable securities or other charges affecting such land refuse to consent to such disposal, such lands shall be disburdened of the said heritable securities and charges if the sheriff, upon the application of the heir of entail in possession duly intimated to the said persons who shall be entitled to appear and object, finds that the lands comprised in the heritable securities or charges other than the land being acquired by the local authority afford adequate security.
Pt. VI modified (2.8.2014) by City of Edinburgh Council (Portobello Park) Act 2014 (asp 15), ss. 1, 5