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

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

F1 1 Prohibition of new feuduties. S

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Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. I repealed (28.11.2004) by Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5), ss. 71, 77(2), Sch. 13 Pts. 1 (with ss. 58, 62, 75); S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2

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

(1) No deed executed after the commencement of this Act shall impose ground annual, skat or any other periodical payment F2 ... in respect of the tenure or use of land or under a [F3 title condition], not being a payment in respect of a lease, liferent or other right of occupancy, F2 ... a payment in defrayal of or contribution towards some continuing cost related to the land, or a payment under a heritable security.

(2) A provision in a deed executed after such commencement which purports to impose any payment to which subsection (1) above applies shall not render the deed void or unenforceable, but the deed shall have effect only to the extent (if any) that it would have had effect under the law in force before such commencement if it had not imposed any such payment.

[F4 (3) In subsection (1) above, “ title condition ” has the meaning given by section 122(1) of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 9). ]

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in s. 2 repealed (28.11.2004) by Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5), ss. 71, 77(2), Sch. 13 Pt. 1 (with ss. 58, 62, 75); S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2

F3 Words in s. 2(1) substituted (28.11.2004) by Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 9), ss. 122(1), 129(2), Sch. 14 para. 6(a) (with ss. 119, 121) (see S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2)

F4 S. 2(3) added (28.11.2004) by Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 9), ss. 122(1), 129(2), Sch. 14 para. 6(b) (with ss. 119, 121) (see S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2)

F1 3 Charters of novodamus, etc. S

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Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. I repealed (28.11.2004) by Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5), ss. 71, 77(2), Sch. 13 Pts. 1 (with ss. 58, 62, 75); S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2

F1 4 Right to redeem feuduty, ground annual, etc. on a term day. S

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Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. I repealed (28.11.2004) by Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5), ss. 71, 77(2), Sch. 13 Pts. 1 (with ss. 58, 62, 75); S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2

F1 5 Redemption by law of feuduty, ground annual, etc. on transfer of land for valuable consideration. S

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Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. I repealed (28.11.2004) by Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5), ss. 71, 77(2), Sch. 13 Pts. 1 (with ss. 58, 62, 75); S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2

F1 6 Redemption by law of feuduty, ground annual, etc. on acquisition of land by authority possessing compulsory purchase powers. S

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Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. I repealed (28.11.2004) by Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5), ss. 71, 77(2), Sch. 13 Pts. 1 (with ss. 58, 62, 75); S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2

F1 7 Transitional and supplementary provisions relative to Part I. S

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Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. I repealed (28.11.2004) by Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5), ss. 71, 77(2), Sch. 13 Pts. 1 (with ss. 58, 62, 75); S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2