Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955 (repealed 5.1.1994)
Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955 (repealed 5.1.1994) (1955 c. 21)
- Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955 (repealed 5.1.1994) (1955 c. 21)
- Establishment of Crofters Commission
- 1 Constitution and general functions of Crofters Commission.
- 2 Particular powers and duties of the Commission.
- Crofting Tenure
- 3 Definition of “croft” and “crofter”, and conditions of tenure of crofter.
- 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 5 Rent.
- 6 Record of croft.
- 7 Renunciation of tenancy.
- 8 Assignation of croft.
- 9 Sub-division of croft.
- 10 Bequest of croft.
- 11 Succession to croft.
- 12 Resumption of croft or part of croft by landlord.
- 13 Provisions as to removal of crofter.
- 14 Compensation for improvements and compensation for deterioration or damage.
- Administration of Crofts
- 15 Commission to obtain information and to compile register of crofts.
- 16 Vacant crofts.
- 16A Provisions supplementary to s. 16(9).
- 17 Absentee crofters.
- 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 19—21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 22 Power of Secretary of State to give financial assistance to crofters.
- 23 Supplementary provisions as to loans.
- Common Grazings
- 24 Appointment, etc., of grazings committee or grazings constable.
- 25 Powers and duties of grazings committees.
- 26 Common grazings regulations.
- 26A Use of common grazings for forestry purposes.
- 27 Miscellaneous provisions as to common grazings, as to lands held runrig, and as to use by crofters of peat bogs, etc.
- Cottars
- 28 Provisions as to cottars.
- Miscellaneous and General Provisions
- 29 Service of notices.
- 30 Provisions as to entry and inspection.
- 31 Building grants and loans to owner-occupiers of like economic status as crofters.
- 32 Provisions as to compulsory purchase of land and as to management of land.
- 33 Provisions as to representations.
- 34 Determination of disputes, etc.
- 35 Financial provisions.
- 36 Regulations.
- 37 Interpretation.
- 38 Application of Act and modification of enactments in relation to the crofting counties.
- 39 Transitional provisions and savings.
- 40 Citation and commencement.
- SCHEDULES
- FIRST SCHEDULE Provisions as to the Crofters Commission
- Constitution of the Commission
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- Meetings and Proceedings of the Commission
- Office, Officers and Servants
- Instruments executed or issued by the Commission
- SECOND SCHEDULE The Statutory Conditions
- THIRD SCHEDULE Provisions as to Security, etc., of Loans
- FIFTH SCHEDULE Permanent Improvements
- SIXTH SCHEDULE Application of Enactments to Crofting Counties
- Enactments ceasing to have effect
- Modification of Enactments
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