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Changes to legislation:There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968.Changes to LegislationRevised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. At the current time any known changes or effects made by subsequent legislation have been applied to the text of the legislation you are viewing by the editorial team. Please see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ for details regarding the timescales for which new effects are identified and recorded on this site.SLaw Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 19681968 CHAPTER 70An Act to amend the law of Scotland relating to succession to the property of deceased persons in cases of illegitimacy; to confer on illegitimate persons in Scotland to legitim out of their deceased parents’ estates; to amend the law of Scotland with respect to the construction of certain provisions of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 to tenancies of crofts; to amend the law of evidence in civil proceedings in Scotland; to re-enact, with amendments, the provisions of certain enactments relating to the duration of liferents in Scotland; to amend section 15(1) of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964; further to amend the law of Scotland relating to prorogation of the jurisdiction of the sheriff court; to remove a restriction on the extent of land in Scotland which a trade union may purchase or take upon lease and otherwise deal with; and for purposes connected with the maters aforesaid.25th October 1968.X1Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Editorial InformationX1The text of ss. 1–4, 7, 8, 19, 22, Sch. 1, Sch. 2 Pt. I paras. 22–29, Pt. II (in part) and Sch. 3 was taken from SIF Group 116:2 (Succession: Confirmation, Scotland); ss. 5, 6, 22(1)(2)(4)(5) from SIF Group 49:8 (Family Law: Legitimacy and Age of Majority, Scotland); ss. 9–17, 22(1)(2)(4)(5) from SIF Group 47 (Evidence) and ss. 1–3, 16, 18–21, 22(1)(2)(4)(5), Sch. 1, Sch. 2 Pt. I, Sch. 3 from SIF Group 128 (Trusts and Liferents, Scotland); Provisions ommitted from SIF have been dealt with as referred to in other commentary.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C1Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3Commencement InformationI1Act partly in force at 25.11.1968 see s. 22(5), Act wholly in force at 1.1.1969Part IS Succession, Construction of Deeds, Etc., in Cases of Illegitimacy1—6.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1SAnnotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F1Ss. 1–6 repealed by Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 9, SIF 49:8), s. 10(2), Sch. 2 Protection of trustees and executorsS7 Protection of trustees and executors.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2, a trustee or an executor may distribute any property vested in him as such trustee or executor, or may make any payment out of any such property, without having ascertained—
(a)that no F3... person [F4 whose parents are not or have not been married to one another]F4 exists who is or may be entitled to an interest in that property or payment in consequence of any of the said provisions, and
(b)that no F3... person [F4 whose parents are not or have not been married to one another]F4 exists or has existed, the fact of whose existence is, in consequence of any of the said provisions, relevant to the ascertainment of the persons entitled to an interest in that property or payment, [F5and
(c)that no paternal relative of [F6a]F7...... person [F8 whose parents are not or have not been married to one another] exists who is or may be entitled to an interest in that property or payment,]
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(a)apply to the tenancy of any croft within the meaning of section 3(1) of the M2Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955, and
(b)have effect in relation to the succession to, and devolution of, any such tenancy,
as if the said Act of 1964 had come into operation at the commencement of this Act ; and accordingly, in relation to the estate of any person dying after such commencement—
(i)the enactments mentioned in Part I of Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect subject to the modifications specified in relation thereto in the said Part I, and
(ii)sections 11 and 14 of the said Act of 1955, section 6 of the M3Crofters (Scotland) Act 1961 and section 16 of the said Act of 1964, as so modified, shall have effect as set out in Part II of the said Schedule.
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(2)In any civil proceedings in which by virtue of this section a person is proved to have been convicted of an offence by or before any court in the United Kingdom or [F11of a service offence]F11—
(a)[F12section 14 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000](under which a conviction leading to probation or discharge is to be disregarded except as therein mentioned) ;
[F13(aa)section 187 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (which makes similar provision in respect of service convictions);]
F13(b)[F14section 191 of the M4Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975] (which makes similar provision in respect of convictions on indictment in Scotland) ;
(c)section 8 of the M5Probation Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 (which corresponds to the said section 12) or any corresponding enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland for the time being in force,
shall, affect the operation of this section ; and for the purposes of this section any order made by a court of summary jurisdiction under [F14section 383 of the said Act of 1975] shall be treated as a conviction.
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(a)the fact that a person has been found guilty of adultery in any matrimonial proceedings, . . . F16
shall (subject to subsection (3) of this section) be admissable in evidence for the purpose of proving, where to do so is relevant to any issue in those civil proceedings, that he committed the adultery to which the finding relates . . . F17, whether or not he offered any defence to the allegation of adultery . . . F17 and whether or not he is a party to the civil proceedings ; but no finding other than a subsisting one shall be admissable in evidence by virtue of this section.
(2)If any civil proceedings in which by virtue of this section a person is proved to have been found guilty of adultery as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) of this section . . . F17—
(a)he shall be taken to have committed the adultery to which the finding relates . . . F17, unless the contrary is proved ; and
(b)without prejudice to the reception of any other admissable evidence for the purpose of identifying the facts on which the finding was based, the contents of any document which was before the court, or which contains any pronouncement of the court, in the matrimonial . . . F17 proceedings in question shall be admissable in evidence for that purpose.
(3)Nothing in this section shall affect the operation of any enactment whereby a finding of fact in any matrimonial . . . F17 proceedings is for the purposes of any other proceedings made conclusive evidence of any fact.
(4)Nothing in this section shall entitle the Court of Session to pronounce a decree of divorce without [F18receiving evidence from the pursuer].
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19
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(2)In any such action as aforesaid in which by virtue of this section [F20the pursuer] is proved to have been convicted of an offence, the contents of any document which is admissable as evidence of the conviction, and the contents of the complaint, information, indictment or charge-sheet on which [F20he] was convicted, shall, without prejudice to the reception of any other admissable evidence for the purpose of identifying the facts which constituted that offence, be admissable in evidence for the purpose of identifying those facts.
[F21(2A)In the case of an action for defamation in which there is more than one pursuer—
(3)For the purposes of this section a person shall be taken to stand convicted of an offence if but only if there subsists against him a conviction of that offence by or before a court in the United Kingdom or [F22(in the case of a service offence) a conviction (anywhere) of that service offence]F22.
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Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F24Definition repealed by Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 32, SIF 47), s. 10(1)(3), Sch.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C6S. 17(4) applied by 1988 c. 52, s. 46B(4) (as inserted (11.4.2003) by 1999 c. 12, ss. 4, 9(2); S.I. 2003/1095, art. 2)C7S. 17(4) applied by Finance Act 1988 (c. 39, SIF 63:1), s. 127(5)(a)C8S. 17(4) applied (1.9.1994) by 1994 c. 22, s. 52(4)(b)(5) (with s. 57(4))C9S. 17(4) applied by 1969 c. 27, s. 27(4)(b) (as substituted (31.1.1997) by 1995 c. 38, s. 15(1), Sch. 1 para. 5(3) (with ss. 1(3), 6(4)(5), 14); S.I. 1996/3217, art. 2)C10S. 17(4) applied by 1994 c. 22, s. 52(4) (as substituted (31.1.1997) by 1995 c. 38, s. 15(1), Sch. 1 para. 19 (with ss. 1(3), 6(4)(5), 14); S.I. 1996/3217, art. 2)Part IVS Miscellaneous Amendments of Law18 Restriction on duration of liferents.S(1)Where by any deed executed after the commencement of this Act there is created a liferent interest in any property and a person who was not living or in utero at the date of the coming into operation of the said deed becomes entitled to that interest, then—
(a)if that person is of full age at the date on which he becomes entitled to the liferent interst, as from that date, or
(b)if that person is not of full age at that date, as from the date on which, being still entitled to the liferent interest, he becomes of full age,
the said property shall, subject to subsection (2) of this section, belong absolutely to that person, and, if the property is vested in trustees, those trustees shall, subject as aforesaid, be bound to convey, deliver or make over the property to that person.
(2)The fact that, by virtue of subsection (1) of this section, any property has come to belong absolutely to any person shall not affect—
(a)the rights in the property of any person holding a security over the property ;
(b)any rights in the property created independently of the deed by which the liferent interest in question was created ;
(c)F25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)The expenses of the conveyance, delivery or making over of any property to any person in pursuance of subsection (1) of this section shall be borne by that person.
(4)Section 48 of the M6Entail Amendment Act 1848 and section 9 of the M7Trusts (Scotland) Act 1921 shall not have effect in relation to any deed executed after the commencement of this Act.
(a)the date of the coming into operation of any testamentary or other mortis causa deed shall, subject to paragraph (c) below, be taken to be the date of the death of the granter thereof ;
(b)the date of the coming into operation of any marriage contract shall, subject as aforesaid, be taken to be the date of the dissolution of the marriage ;
(c)the date of the execution, or of the coming into operation, of any deed made in the exercise of a special power of appointment shall be taken to be the date of the execution, or as the case may be of the coming into operation, of the deed creating that power.
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Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C11The text of ss. 19–21 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.Marginal CitationsM81964 c. 41. 20 Agreement to prorogate jurisdiction of particular sheriff court in certain moneylenders’ contracts to be void. SSection 4 of the M9Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1940 (which makes void any provision or agreement in or in relation to a contract to which that section applies, whereby any party to such contract prorogates the jurisdiction of a particular sheriff court) shall have effect as if at the end of subsection (2) thereof (wherein are specified the contracts to which the section applies) there were added the following words:—
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C12The text of ss. 19–21 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.Marginal CitationsM91940 c. 42. 21 Removal of restriction on purchase etc., of land by trade unions. SSection 7 of the M10Trade Union Act 1871 (which empowers trade unions to purchase or take upon lease, and to deal otherwise with, land not exceeding one acre in extent) shall have effect as if the words “not exceeding one acre" were omitted.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C13The text of ss. 19–21 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.Marginal CitationsM101871 c. 31. Part VS Supplementary22 Short title, interpretation, repeals, extent and commencement.S(1)This Act may be cited as the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968.
Provided that no repeal effected by this subsection in any of the provisions of the M11Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955 or the M12Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 shall have effect in relation to the estate of any person dying before the commencement of this Act.
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C14Power of appointment conferred by s. 22(5) fully exercised: S.I. 1968/1958, 1969/1609Marginal CitationsM111955 c. 21. M121964 c. 41. SCHEDULESSCHEDULE 1S . . . F26Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F26Sch. 1 repealed by Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 9, SIF 49:8), s. 10(2), Sch. 2Section 8.SCHEDULE 2S Modification of Enactments Consequential on Application of Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 to Tenancies of CroftsPart IS Modification of EnactmentsAnnotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C15The text of Sch. 2 Pt. I and Pt II (except the entry relating to s. 16 of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964)) and Sch. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.S The Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955(3 &4 Eliz. c. 21)1In section 8(6), for the word “heir" there shall be substituted the word “executor".S2In section 10(5), for the words from “thereupon devolve" to the end there shall be substituted the words “be treated as intestate estate of the deceased crofter in accordance with Part I of the M13Succession (Scotland) Act 1964.".SAnnotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Marginal CitationsM131964 c. 41 3In section 10(7), for the words from “or any person" to the end there shall be substituted the words “or any one of the persons who would be, or would in any circumstances have been, entitled to succeed to the estate on intestacy by virtue of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964.".S4In section 11, for subsection (1) there shall be substituted the following subsection:—S“(1)Where, owing to the failure of a crofter to bequeath the tenancy of his croft or of such a bequest to receive effect, the right to the tenancy of the croft falls to be treated as intestate estate of the deceased crofter in accordance with Part I of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964, and the tenancy is transferred in pursuance of section 16(2) of that Act, the executor of the deceased crofter shall as soon as may be furnish particulars of the transferee to the landlord, who shall accept the transferee as tenant; and the landlord shall notify the Commission accordingly.”.
27In section 29(2), at the end there shall be inserted the words “or of section 10 of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955 (which makes similar provision in relation to crofts).".S28In section 37(1), paragraph (b) shall cease to have effect.S29In Schedule 2, in paragraph 1, the words “(other than the tenancy of any croft within the meaning of section 3 of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955)" shall cease to have effect.SPart IIS Certain Enactments set out as Modified by Part I of this ScheduleAnnotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C16The text of Sch. 2 Pt. I and Pt II (except the entry relating to s. 16 of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964)) and Sch. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.S The Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 21) Section 11S Succession to croft.S11(1)Where, owing to the failure of a crofter to bequeath the tenancy of his croft or of such a bequest to receive effect, the right to the tenancy of the croft falls to be treated as intestate estate of the deceased crofter in accordance with Part I of the M14Succession (Scotland) Act 1964, and the tenancy is transferred in pursuance of section 16(2) of that Act, the executor of the deceased crofter shall as soon as may be furnish particulars of the transferee to the landlord, who shall accept the transferee as tenant; and the landlord shall notify the Commission accordingly.
(5)If at the expiry of one month from the end of the period referred to in section 16(3)(b) of the M15Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 the executor has not furnished to the landlord particulars of any transferee in accordance with subsection (1) of this section and the Commission have not nominated any person as successor under subsection (4) thereof, the Commission may declare the croft to be vacant and, if they do so, shall notify the landlord accordingly.
(7A)Where a croft has been declared under subsection (5) of this section to be vacant consequent on the death after the commencement of the M16Crofters (Scotland) Act 1961 of a crofter who immediately before his death was qualified as mentioned in the next following subsection, and the value of the improvements on the croft is determined by the Land Court under the last foregoing subsection, the executor of the crofter may request the Land Court to determine what would have been the value of the improvements on the croft if the said Act had not been passed, and if the value last mentioned is greater than the value determined by the Land Court under the last foregoing subsection, the difference between the two said values shall be payable to the executor by the Secretary of State:
(a)whose tenancy of the croft in question began before the commencement of the M17Crofters (Scotland) Act 1961, or
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Marginal CitationsM141964 c. 41 M151964 c. 41 M161961 c. 58 M171961 c. 58 Section 14S Compensation for improvements and compensation for deterioration or damage.S14(1)Where—
(ii)the tenancy of a croft, being a tenancy the interest of the tenant under which is comprised in the estate of a deceased crofter, is terminated in pursuance of section 16(3) of the M18Succession (Scotland) Act 1964,
(b)the tenancy of a croft, being a tenancy the interest of the tenant under which is comprised in the estate of a deceased crofter, is terminated in pursuance of section 16(3) of the M19Succession (Scotland) Act 1964,
(b)the landlord of the croft either gives to the executor of a deceased crofter, or receives from such an executor, notice terminating the tenancy of the croft in pursuance of section 16(3) of the M20Succession (Scotland) Act 1964,
(10)Nothing in this Act shall affect the provisions of the M21Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949 with respect to the payment to outgoing tenants of compensation for improvements:
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Marginal CitationsM181964 c. 41 M191964 c. 41 M201964 c. 41 M211949 c. 75 S The Crofters (Scotland) Act 1961(9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 58) Section 6S Assessment of compensation for improvements.S6(1)The amount of any compensation payable under subsection (1) of section fourteen of the Act of 1955 to a crofter who renounces his tenancy or is removed from his croft after the commencement of this Act, or to the executor of a deceased crofter, in respect of a permanent improvement on the croft shall be a sum equal to—
(iii)the tenancy of the croft was terminated in pursuance of section 16(3) of the M22Succession (Scotland) Act 1964,
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Marginal CitationsM221964 c. 41 S The Succession (Scotland) Act 1964(1964 c. 41) Section 16S Provisions relating to leases.S16(1)This section applies to any interest, being the interest of a tenant under a lease, which is comprised in the estate of a deceased person and has accordingly vested in the deceased’s executor by virtue of section 14 of this Act; and in the following provisions of this section “interest" means an interest to which this section applies.
“the Act of 1886” means the M23Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886;
“the Act of 1931” means the M24Small Landholders and Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1931;
“the Act of 1949” means the M25Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949;
“the Act of 1955” means the M26Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955;
Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Marginal CitationsM231886 c. 29 M241931 c. 44 M251949 c. 75 M261955 c. 21 Section 22.SCHEDULE 3S Enactments RepealedAnnotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Modifications etc. (not altering text)C17The text of Sch. 2 Pt. I and Pt II (except the entry relating to s. 16 of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964)) and Sch. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.ChapterShort titleExtent of Repeal34 & 35 Vict. c. 31.The Trade Union Act 1871.In section 7, the words “ not exceeding one acre ”.
1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 50.The Divorce (Scotland) Act 1938.In section 4(2), the words “ adultery or ”.
3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 21.The Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955.In section 11, subsections (2), (8) and (9).1964 c. 41.The Succession (Scotland) Act 1964.In section 37(1), paragraph (b). In Schedule 2, in paragraph 1, the words “ (other than the tenancy of any croft within the meaning of section 3 of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955) ”.