Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974

1. Introductory Text

2. Part I Prohibition of Future Feuduties, and Redemption of Feuduties, Etc.

   1. 1. Prohibition of new feuduties.

   2. 2. Prohibition of new ground annuals and other periodical payments from land.

   3. 3. Charters of novodamus, etc.

   4. 4. Right to redeem feuduty, ground annual, etc. on a term day.

   5. 5. Redemption by law of feuduty, ground annual, etc. on transfer of land for valuable consideration.

   6. 6. Redemption by law of feuduty, ground annual, etc. on acquisition of land by authority possessing compulsory purchase powers.

   7. 7. Transitional and supplementary provisions relative to Part I.

3. Part II Limitations on Residential Use of Property Let Under Future Long Leases

   1. 8. Property let under future long lease, etc. not to be used as private dwelling-house.

   2. 9. Consequences of use as dwelling-house of property subject to long lease.

   3. 10. Modification of s. 9 where lease subject to sub-lease or heritable security.

4. Part III Miscellaneous

   1. 11. Right to redeem heritable security after 20 years where security subjects used as private dwelling-house.

   2. 12. Restriction to 20 years of period within which certain rights of redemption and reversion are exercisable.

   3. 13. Restriction on rights of preemption to apply in every case.

   4. 14. Amendment of s.17 of Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955.

   5. 15. Limitation of right of irritancy for non-payment of feuduty. 1597 c. 240(S.).

   6. 16. No casualties in future leases.

   7. 17. Interposed leases.

   8. 18. Amendment of law relating to registration of leases.

   9. 19. Recording of extract orders of Land Tribunal.

   10. 20. Abolition of registration and recording, etc., of documents in Office of Chancery.

5. Part IV General

   1. 21. Provisions for contracting out to be void.

   2. 22. Application to Crown.

   3. 23. Interpretation and repeals.

   4. 24. Short title, commencement and extent.

6. SCHEDULES

   1. SCHEDULE 1

      Forms Prescribed under section 4

      1. Form 1 Form of Notice Prescribed under Section 4

         1. “Notice of Redemption

         2. under section 4 of the Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act...

         3. [ Address of person sending notice, and Date ]

         4. To [ name and address of superior, & c. or...

         5. Take notice that, in terms of section 4 of the...

         6. (Signed) AB.

         7. or CD ,

         8. Agent for AB.”

      2. Form 2 Form of Receipt Prescribed under Section 4

         1. “I hereby acknowledge to have received from [ name of...

         2. Dated this day of 19 .

         3. (Signed) XY.

         4. or YZ,

         5. Agent for XY.”

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      Form of Notice Prescribed under Section 5

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      Form of Notice Prescribed under Section 6

   4. SCHEDULE 4

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

   5. SCHEDULE 5

      Form of Notice Prescribed under Section 9

   6. SCHEDULE 6

      Amendment of Law Relating to Registration of Leases

      1. 1. In section 1 (long leases, and assignations thereof, registrable in...

      2. 2. In section (recorded leases effectual against singular successors in the...

      3. 3. Section 16 (registration equivalent to possession) shall be renumbered as...

      4. 4. In section 17 (leases with obligation to renew, registrable), for...

      5. 5. Section 18 (which provides that certain leases are not to...

      6. 6. In section 19 (extracts registrable where leases recorded in Court...

      7. 7. In section 27 (amendment of section 18 of the Registration...

      8. 1. The amendments made in accordance with this Schedule to sections...

      9. 2. Section 19 of the Registration of Leases (Scotland) Act 1857...

      10. 3. Section 27(1) of the Long Leases (Scotland) Act 1954 (which...

   7. SCHEDULE 7

      Repeals.