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# Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 1976

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 1976
1976 c.21
An Act to confer new rights on crofters and cottars to acquire subjects tenanted or occupied by them; to confer rights on crofters to share in the value of land resumed by landlords or taken possession of compulsorily; to protect the interests of crofters and cottars from planning blight; to make further provision as to financial assistance for crofters, cottars and certain owner-occupiers of certain land; to make further provision as to the removal of land from crofting tenure; to amend the law with respect to common grazings; to extend the powers of the Scottish Land Court; to make provision for pensions and compensation for members of the Crofters Commission; and for connected purposes.
[10th June 1976]

## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-1}



## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-2}



## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-3}



## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-4}



## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-5}



## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-6}



## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-7}



## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-8}



## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-9}



## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-10}



## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-11}



## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-12}



## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-13}



## 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-14}



## 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-15}



## 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-16}



## 17 Extension of powers of Land Court {#section-17}

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(2) The books called the “Crofters Holdings Book” and the “Landholders Holdings Book” kept in pursuance of section 27 of the Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886 shall be kept by the principal clerk of the Land Court; and accordingly the said section 27 shall cease to have effect.

## 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-18}



## 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-19}



## 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-20}



## 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-21}



## 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-22}



## 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-23}



## SCHEDULE 1 Amendment of Enactments Consequential on Section 11 {#schedule-1}

Section 11
The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972.
1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973
7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

## SCHEDULE 2 Minor and Consequential Amendments {#schedule-2}

Section 22(1)
The Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911.
1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Land Settlement (Scotland) Act 1919.
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947.
3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955.
4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956.
16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Crofters (Scotland) Act 1961
17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967.
24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968
25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

## SCHEDULE 3 {#schedule-3}

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