(1)Where relevant property is disposed of by the Secretary of State under this Act, section 6(3) and (4) of the M1Land Settlement (Scotland) Act 1919 shall apply to the tenant of that property as if for the references to “the Board” or, as the case may be, “the Secretary of State” there were substituted references to the body to whom the Secretary of State disposes of the relevant property and any successor in title to such body.
(2)A tenant’s period of occupation shall continue to run for the purposes of section 6(3) of the Land Settlement (Scotland) Act 1919 notwithstanding that the relevant property has been disposed of by the Secretary of State to a body under this Act or to any successor in title.
(3)In this section “relevant property” means property to which section 6(3) of the Land Settlement (Scotland) Act 1919 applies.
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