(1)The owner or the applicant may appeal to the Lands Tribunal for Scotland against an assessment carried out under section 3B.
(2)An appeal under this section—
(a)shall state the grounds on which it is made; and
(b)shall not be lodged more than 21 days after the date of the notice under section 3B(6) of this Act.
(3)In an appeal under this section, the tribunal may reassess any value (and any factor affecting any value).
(4)The valuer may be a witness in the appeal proceedings.
(5)And in those proceedings, in addition to the owner and the applicant, any creditor in a standard security over the land or any part of it is entitled to be heard.
(6)The tribunal is to give reasons for its decision on an appeal under this section and is to issue a written statement of those reasons.
(7)The decision of the tribunal in an appeal under this section is final.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 3A-3C inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 6, 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.