Subject to paragraph (4) below, a grazings committee shall be eligible to apply in relation to a common grazing, with the consent of a majority of the crofters ordinarily resident in the township and sharing in the common grazing.

All obligations undertaken by a grazings committee in applying to enter the scheme shall be binding upon their successors in office.

Subject to paragraph (4) below, payments of aid to a grazings committee shall be divided by them among the crofters who share in the common grazing in such proportion as may be determined by the grazings committee.

A grazings committee shall give notice of their proposals under paragraphs (1) and (3) above by advertisement or otherwise to the crofters ordinarily resident in the township and sharing in the common grazing, and any such crofter may within one month of the date of such notice make representation in respect of the proposals to the Crofters Commission who may approve them with or without modification or reject them.