Provisions relating to leases

C1C27 Interpretation of sections 4 to 6.

1

In sections 4 to 6 of this Act “lease” means a lease of land, whether entered into before or after the commencement of those sections, but does not include a lease of land—

a

used wholly or mainly for residential purposes; F1...

b

comprising F1... a croft, the subject of a cottar or the holding of a landholder or a statutory small tenantF2; or

c

where the lease is an agricultural lease.

2

In subsection (1) above—

  • F3“agricultural lease” means a lease constituting a 1991 Act tenancy within the meaning of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 11) or a lease constituting a short limited duration tenancy F4, a limited duration tenancy, a modern limited duration tenancy or a repairing tenancy (within the meaning of that Act);

  • “cottar” has the same meaning as in section 28(4) of the M1Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955;

  • “croft” has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955; and

  • “holding” (in relation to a landholder or statutory small tenant), “landholder” and “statutory small tenant” have the same meanings as in the Small Landholders (Scotland) Acts 1886 to 1931.