Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993
Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993 (1993 c. 44)
- Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993 (1993 c. 44)
- The Crofters Commission
- 1 Constitution and general functions of Crofters Commission.
- 2 Particular powers and duties of the Commission.
- 2A Ministers' power to modify functions of Commission
- 2B Annual report
- 2C Duty to produce plan
- 2D Status of plan
- Meaning of croft and crofter
- 3 Meaning of croft and crofter.
- 3ZA Registered crofts
- 3A New crofts
- 3AA Registration of new crofts
- 3B Compensation for constituting holding outwith crofting counties as croft on application of tenant
- 3C Appeal against assessment under section 3B
- Enlargement of crofts
- 4 Enlargement of crofts
- Exchange of crofts
- 4A Exchange of crofts or parts of crofts
- The conditions of tenure
- 5 The statutory conditions.
- 5A Complaint as respects breach of the statutory conditions
- Crofters' duties relating to residency, use, misuse and neglect of crofts
- 5AA Crofters: residency duty
- 5B Termination of tenancy for misuse or neglect
- 5C Crofters: duty to cultivate and maintain
- 6 Rent.
- 7 Renunciation of tenancy.
- 8 Assignation of croft.
- 9 Division of croft
- Succession to croft
- 10 Bequest of croft.
- 11 Intestacy.
- Rights of crofters and cottars to acquire their subjects
- 12 General provision.
- 13 Authorisation by Land Court of acquisition of croft land.
- 14 Consideration payable in respect of acquisition of croft land.
- 15 Determination by Land Court of terms and conditions for conveyance of the site of the dwelling-house.
- 16 Provisions relating to conveyance.
- 17 Provisions supplementary to sections 13 and 15.
- 18 Adjustment of rent for remainder of croft where part conveyed to crofter.
- 19 Provisions relating to existing loans and heritable securities.
- 19A Schemes for development
- Owner-occupied crofts: duties of certain owners
- 19B Meaning of “owner-occupier crofter” etc.
- 19C Duties of owner-occupier crofters
- 19D Division of owner-occupied crofts
- Provisions relating to termination of tenancy and de-crofting
- 20 Resumption of croft or part of croft by landlord.
- 21 Crofter’s right to share in value of land resumed by landlord.
- 21A Reversion of resumed land
- Consent for absence from croft
- 21B Commission consent for absence from croft
- 21C Extension of consent for absence
- 21D Variation of condition in consent for absence
- 22 Absentee crofters.
- 23 Vacant crofts.
- 24 Decrofting in case of resumption or vacancy of croft.
- 24A Applications to decroft by owner-occupier crofters
- 24B Commission's powers in relation to applications under section 24A
- 24C Application of section 25 in relation to decrofting directions
- 24D Effect of decrofting direction
- 25 Provisions supplementary to s.24(3).
- 26 Provisions as to removal of crofter.
- Investigation of suspected breach of duty
- 26A Commission's duty to investigate suspected breach of duty
- Enforcement of duties
- 26B Enforcement of duties of crofters and owner-occupier crofters: general
- 26C Notice of suspected breach of duty
- 26D Undertakings: general
- 26E Circumstances where the Commission may not take action under section 26H or 26J
- 26F Commission duty to take action under section 26H or 26J
- 26G Division of croft before taking action
- 26H Crofters: tenancy termination procedure
- 26J Owner-occupier crofters: letting procedure
- 26K Appeals
- Subletting of crofts
- 27 Provisions as to right to sublet.
- 28 Special provisions regarding subletting of crofts not adequately used.
- 29 Miscellaneous provisions regarding subleases of crofts.
- Letting of owner-occupied crofts
- 29A Letting of owner-occupied crofts
- 29B Status of tenant under a short lease
- Compensation for improvements and for deterioration or damage
- 30 Compensation to crofter for improvements.
- 31 Permanent improvements made on crofts for purposes of subsidiary or auxiliary occupations.
- 32 Assessment of compensation for improvements.
- 33 Record of improvements.
- 34 Compensation to landlord for deterioration or damage.
- 35 Assessment of compensation for improvements or deterioration on joint application to Land Court.
- 36 Compensation to cottar for improvements.
- Compulsory acquisition of croft
- 37 Crofter’s right to share in value of land taken possession of compulsorily.
- Reorganisation schemes
- 38 Reorganisation schemes.
- 38A Appeal to Land Court: special provision as respects reorganisation schemes
- 39 Putting into effect of reorganisation schemes.
- Commission to obtain information and compile register of crofts
- 40 Obtaining of information by Commission.
- 40A Annual notices
- 41 Register of Crofts.
- Financial assistance to crofters, cottars and certain owner- occupiers etc
- 42 Crofters.
- 43 Supplementary provisions as to loans under s.42.
- 44 Cottars
- 45 Former crofters and cottars who have acquired site of the dwelling-house.
- 46 Owner-occupiers of like economic status as crofters and other persons.
- 46A Regulations concerning loans
- Common Grazings
- 47 Appointment, etc., of grazings committee or grazings constable.
- 48 Powers and duties of grazings committees.
- 49 Common grazings regulations.
- 49 AGrazings committees: duty to report
- 50 Use of common grazings for forestry purposes.
- 50A Joint forestry ventures etc.
- 50B Use of common grazing for other purposes
- 51 Enlargement of common grazings.
- 51A New common grazing
- 51B Registration of new common grazings
- 52 Miscellaneous provisions as to common grazings, as to lands held runrig, and as to use by crofters of peat bogs, etc.
- Provisions relating to Land Court
- 52A Appeal to Land Court: general
- 53 Jurisdictional provisions.
- 53A Extent of boundaries
- 53B Access to croft
- 54 Crofters Holdings Book.
- Miscellaneous and General Provisions
- 55 Service of notices
- 55A Public notification
- 56 Provisions as to entry and inspection.
- 57 Provisions as to compulsory purchase of land and as to management of land.
- 58 Provisions as to representations.
- 58A Obtaining Commission approval or consent
- 58B Variation of conditions on approval or consent
- 59 Financial provisions.
- 59A Equal opportunities
- 60 Regulations and orders
- 61 Interpretation.
- 62 Application of Act to Crown.
- 63 Transitional provisions and savings, and repeals.
- 64 Short title, commencement and extent.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 THE CROFTING COMMISSION
- Status
- General powers
- Membership
- Appointed members: eligibility
- Appointed members: terms of appointment
- Resignation and cessation of membership
- Elected members: regulations
- Remuneration, allowances and pensions
- Removal of members
- Chief executive, staff and employees
- Quorum
- Committees
- Procedure
- Members' interests
- Delegation of powers
- Local assessors
- Location of office
- Finance
- Accounts
- Provision of information to Scottish Ministers
- Transfer of property, rights and liabilities
- SCHEDULE 2 The statutory conditions
- SCHEDULE 3 Permanent improvements
- SCHEDULE 4 Confirmation and validity of reorganisation schemes
- Procedure for confirming reorganisation schemes
- Validity of reorganisation schemes
- SCHEDULE 5 Provisions as to security, etc., of loans
- SCHEDULE 6 Transitional provisions and savings
- SCHEDULE 7 Repeals
- Part I Enactments repealed so far as they apply in the crofting counties
- Part II Other enactments repealed
- TABLE OF DERIVATIONS
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