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An Act to extend the powers of the Crofters Commission in regard to the regulation of common grazings.
[21st December 1908]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Act amended with the substitution of “landholder” for “crofter” and extended by Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911 (c. 49), s. 1; applied by Agricultural Land (Utilisation) Act 1931 (c. 41), s. 24(f); applied with modifications by Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949 (c. 75), s. 73, Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 21), s. 34(1), Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1958 (c. 24), s. 14, Opencast Coal Act 1958 (c. 69), s. 52(5)(b) and Deer (Scotland) Act 1959 (c. 40), s. 11(4); restricted by Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 21), s. 38(3), Sch. 6 Pt. I; amended by Crofters (Scotland) Act 1961 (c. 58), s. 2(7); excluded by Agriculture Act 1967 (c. 22), s. 29(5)
C2Functions of Crofters Commission now exercisable by Land Court: Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911 (c. 49), s. 28
C3Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3
C4Act applied (with modifications) by Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968 (c. 34, SIF 2:1), s. 11(8), and by Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (c. 55, SIF 2:1), s. 14(6)
C5Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 1989/380, regs. 9–12, Sch. 5 para. 25
This Act may be cited as the Crofters Common Grazings Regulation Act, 1908, and shall be read as part of the M1Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act, 1886.
Marginal Citations
The power to appoint a committee and to make regulations conferred by section four of the M2Crofters Common Grazings Regulation Act, 1891, may be exercised by the Crofters Commission if they think fit, without any request from a landlord or crofters interested, and without prejudice to the powers conferred by section five of the said Act any person committing a breach of any regulations made and approved under the said Act, shall be liable on conviction before the sheriff under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts to a penalty not exceeding [F1level 1 on the standard scale], and in the case of a continuing offence to a further penalty not exceeding five shillings for each day during which such offence shall have been continued after written warning from the committee or from the Crofters Commission, and any such penalty shall be recoverable by imprisonment in terms of the Summary Jurisdiction Acts. A person appointed by the Crofters Commission may summon and attend any meeting of a committee under the said Act for the purpose of advising such committee in the performance of their duties, and may otherwise assist in the administration of the said Act as may be directed by the Crofters Commission.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21,SIF 39:1), ss.289C,289G
Marginal Citations
Textual Amendments
F2S. 3 and Sch. repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)
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Textual Amendments
F3S. 3 and Sch. repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)