Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 1976

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. New rights of crofters and cottars to acquire their subjects

3. 2. Authorisation by Land Court of acquisition of croft land

4. 3. Consideration payable in respect of acquisition of croft land

5. 4. Determination by Land Court of terms and conditions for conveyance of the site of the dwelling-house

6. 5. Provisions relating to conveyance

7. 6. Provisions supplementary to sections 2 and 4

8. 7. Adjustment of rent for remainder of croft where part conveyed to crofter

9. 8. Provisions relating to existing loans and heritable securities

10. 9. Crofter's right to share in value of land resumed by landlord

11. 10. Crofter's right to share in value of land taken possession of compulsorily

12. 11. Protection of interests of crofters and cottars from planning blight

13. 12. Financial assistance to crofters, cottars and certain owner occupiers

14. 13. Provision as respects removal of land from crofting tenure

15. 14. Extension of section 3 of Act of 1955

16. 15. Assignation of croft

17. 16. Amendment of law with respect to common grazings

18. 17. Extension of powers of Land Court

19. 18. Pensions and compensation for members of Commission

20. 19. Application of Act to Crown

21. 20. Financial provisions

22. 21. Interpretation

23. 22. Minor and consequential amendments, repeals and savings

24. 23. Short title and extent

25. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

       Amendment of Enactments Consequential on Section 11

       1. The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972

          1. 1. At the end of section 182 (power to serve blight...

          2. 2. In section 184 (reference of objections to Lands Tribunal), in...

          3. 3. At the end of section 185 (effect of valid blight...

          4. 4. At the end of section 188 (effect on powers of...

          5. 5. In section 192(4) (meaning of " owner's interest"), after the...

          6. 6. In section 196(1) (general interpretation), after the definition of "...

       2. The Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973

          1. 7. At the end of section 68 (land affected by orders...

          2. 8. At the end of section 74 (blight notice requiring purchase...

          3. 9. At the end of section 76 (effect of blight notice...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Minor and Consequential Amendments

       1. The Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911

          1. 1. In section 32(14) (provisions as to statutory small tenants), for...

       2. The Land Settlement (Scotland) Act 1919

          1. 2. At the end of section 6 (duty of Secretary of...

       3. The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947

          1. 3. In Schedule 1 (procedure for authorising compulsory purchases), in paragraph...

       4. The Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955

          1. 4. At the end of section 1(1) (constitution and general functions...

          2. 5. In section 2 (particular powers and duties of the Commission)—...

          3. 6. In section 8 (assignation of croft)— (a) for subsections (1)...

          4. 7. In section 15(1) (Commission to obtain information and to compile...

          5. 8. In section 16 (vacant crofts)— (a) in the proviso to...

          6. 9. In section 17(1)(a) (absentee crofters), for the words " ten...

          7. 10. In section 22(5) (power of Secretary of State to give...

          8. 11. In section 27(1) (common grazings), for the words "forty shillings...

          9. 12. In section 30(4) (provisions as to entry and inspection), for...

          10. 13. In section 31(2) (building grants and loans to owner-occupiers of...

          11. 14. In section 34(1) (determination of disputes, etc.) after the word...

          12. 15. In Schedule 3 (provisions as to security, etc., of loans)—...

       5. The Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956

          1. 16. In section 7 (provisions relating to agricultural lands and heritages...

       6. The Crofters (Scotland) Act 1961

          1. 17. In section 2 (new crofts, enlarged crofts and common grazings)—...

          2. 18. At the end of section 3(2) (Commission to maintain register...

          3. 19. In section 4 (determination of questions by Land Court), in...

          4. 20. In section 12(1(3)(c) (subletting of crofts hot adequately used), for...

          5. 21. In section 13 (subleases of crofts), in the proviso to...

          6. 22. In section 14(1) (amendment of powers of Secretary of State...

          7. 23. In section 15 (amendment of law with respect to common...

       7. The Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967

          1. 24. In section 13 (access agreements)— (a) in subsection (9)(a), after...

       8. The Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968

          1. 25. For section 11(8) (certain payments to tenant farmers), there shall...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       Repeal of Enactments