Financial assistance to crofters, cottars and certain owner- occupiers etc

45 Former crofters and cottars who have acquired site of the dwelling-house.

1

The Secretary of State may provide assistance under section 42(4) of this Act but not in respect of buildings other than dwelling-houses to—

a

a person, being a crofter who has acquired the site of the dwelling-house on or pertaining to his croft after 10th June 1976;

b

the nominee of such a person, being a member of his family, to whom the site was conveyed by the landlord of the croft;

c

a member of such a person’s family who has acquired the title to the site from that person or such nominee;

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an owner-occupier crofter;

d

a person, being a cottar who has acquired the site of the dwelling-house on or pertaining to his subject after 10th June 1976,

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3

Where a person other than the landlord was infeft in the site of the dwelling-house immediately before the conveyance, the reference in subsection (1)(b) above to the landlord shall be construed as a reference to the landlord and such other person for their respective rights.

4

If any person, referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (1) above, for the purpose of obtaining for himself or any other person a grant F2... under section 42(4) of this Act, knowingly or recklessly makes a false statement he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of an amount not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.