Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 : 2010 asp 14
Scotland. Scottish Parliament2010
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Abstract: This Act reforms the Crofters Commission, making it more democratic and accountable. There will be up to 9 members of the Commission, the majority of whom will be crofters elected by crofters. It also provides a new definitive, map-based Crofting Register that will give crofters and crofting stakeholders greater legal certainty over the land held in crofting tenure (including Common Grazing land) and the boundaries and interests held in that land. It will be operated by the Keeper of The Registers of Scotland. Clear duties are placed on both tenant and owner-occupier crofters to address absenteeism and neglect on croft land. The Act requires the Commission to take action against any breach of these duties. Pressure from speculation on the development value of croft land will be tackled by strengthening the grounds under which the Commission may consider an application to decroft and the Scottish Land Court can consider resumption applications.
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Imprint:
Edinburgh : Stationery Office, 2010.
Collation:
iv, 85p. ; 30 cm.
Series title:
2010 ; asp 14
Notes:
Royal assent, 6th August 2010. An Act of the Scottish Parliament to reform and rename the Crofters Commission; to provide for the establishment of a new register of crofts and for registration of crofts, common grazings and land held runrig in it; to make provision about the duties of crofters and certain owner-occupiers of crofts and for the enforcement of those duties; to make further amendments to the law on crofting. Explanatory notes to assist in the understanding of this Act will be available separately.TSO Select.Explanatory notes available.
ISBN:
01059016019780105901600
Dewey class:
348.411344.941
Local class:
REF. 344.11Parliament
Language:
English
Index terms:
Crofting reform: Acts: ScotlandAgriculture: Crofting reform: Acts: Scotland
BRN:
1602794
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