Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/44/crossheading/common-grazings
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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993, Cross Heading: Common Grazings.
Common GrazingsS
(1)The crofters who share in a common grazing may from time to time, at a public meeting [F1of which public notification has been given] , appoint a grazings committee of such number as the meeting shall decide; and a person may be appointed to be a member of a grazings committee notwithstanding that he is not a crofter.
[F3(6A)A person so appointed (or appointed under subsection (8) below to be the clerk of the committee) is in this Act referred to as the “grazings clerk”.]
(8)If the Commission are satisfied, after making such inquiry, if any, as they may deem necessary, that any or all of the members F4... of a grazings committee (however appointed under this section) are not properly carrying out the duties imposed on them [F5(or that the grazings clerk is not properly carrying out the duties imposed on him)] under this Act, the Commission may remove from office any or all such members or such clerk and may appoint or provide for the appointment of other persons (whether crofters or not) in their or his place.
(9)A grazings committee shall pay such annual remuneration to the [F6grazings clerk] as they may determine; and they may recover from the crofters sharing in the common [F7grazing] all expenditure incurred by them in paying such remuneration.
F1Words in s. 47(1) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(14)(a) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F2S. 47(2) repealed (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(14)(b) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F3S. 47(6A) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(14)(c) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F4Words in s. 47(8) repealed (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(14)(d)(i) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F5Words in s. 47(8) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(14)(d)(ii) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F6Words in s. 47(9) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(14)(e)(i) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F7Word in s. 47(9) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(14)(e)(ii) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
(a)to maintain the common [F8grazing] and to provide, maintain and, if necessary, replace the fixed equipment required in connection [F9with such maintenance and with the implementation of any proposal approved under section 50B(11) of this Act] ;
[F10(bb)to carry out works in implementation of any such proposal as is mentioned in paragraph (a) above;]
(c)to make and administer, with a view to their due observance, regulations (in this Act referred to as “common grazings regulations”) with respect to the management and use of the common [F11grazing] :
Provided that nothing in paragraph (a) or (b) above shall preclude a grazings committee from performing the duties therein specified on land other than the common [F12grazing] .
(2)The grazings committee shall give notice to each crofter sharing in the common [F13grazing] of any proposals to carry out works in pursuance of the duty imposed by subsection (1)(b) [F14or (bb)] above, or to plant trees under subsection (4) below, and the proposed allocation of the expenditure to be incurred in respect of those works or, as the case may be, that planting among such crofters; and any such crofter may within one month of the date of such notice make representations in respect of the proposals or the proposed allocation to the Commission who may approve the proposals or proposed allocation with or without modifications or reject them.
(3)Notwithstanding section 29(2) [F15or 29A(9)] of this Act, subsection (2) above shall have effect in a case where such a right is sublet [F16or, as the case may be, let] as if any reference to a crofter included a reference to a crofter in whose place a subtenant [F17or tenant] has come; but no liability to meet expenditure incurred by a grazings committee in the performance of the duties imposed on them by subsection (1)(b) above shall be imposed on such a crofter in respect of any period during which such a subtenancy [F18or tenancy] subsists.
[F19(4A)Where the grazings committee have obtained the approval referred to in subsection (6) of section 50B of this Act, they may, subject to any conditions imposed under subsection (11) of that section and for the time being in force (and to the approval not having been revoked), use any part of the common grazing in accordance with the proposal.]
(5)Where any crofter [F20who holds a right] in the common grazing requests them to do so, the grazings committee shall exercise their power under subsection (4) above.
[F21(6A)The powers of the grazings committee include the power to raise money (whether by borrowing or otherwise) for the purpose of implementing any proposal approved under section 50B(11) of this Act; but on any occasion they shall only exercise that power if a majority of the grazings committee vote to do so.]
F8Word in s. 48(1)(a) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(15)(a)(i) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F9Words in s. 48(1)(a) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(15)(a)(i) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F10S. 48(1)(bb) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(15)(a)(ii) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F11Word in s. 48(1)(c) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(15)(a)(iii) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F12Word in s. 48(1)(c) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(15)(a)(iv) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F13Word in s. 48(2) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(15)(b)(i) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F14Words in s. 48(2) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(15)(b)(ii) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F15Word in s. 48(3) inserted (1.10.2011) by Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 14), s. 57(2), sch. 4 para. 3(29)(a) (with s. 57(4)); S.S.I. 2011/334, art. 3, sch. Pt. 1 (with art. 4)
F16Words in s. 48(3) inserted (1.10.2011) by Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 14), s. 57(2), sch. 4 para. 3(29)(b) (with s. 57(4)); S.S.I. 2011/334, art. 3, sch. Pt. 1 (with art. 4)
F17Words in s. 48(3) inserted (1.10.2011) by Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 14), s. 57(2), sch. 4 para. 3(29)(c) (with s. 57(4)); S.S.I. 2011/334, art. 3, sch. Pt. 1 (with art. 4)
F18Words in s. 48(3) inserted (1.10.2011) by Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 14), s. 57(2), sch. 4 para. 3(29)(d) (with s. 57(4)); S.S.I. 2011/334, art. 3, sch. Pt. 1 (with art. 4)
F19S. 48(4A) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(15)(c) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F20Words in s. 48(5) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(15)(d) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F21S. 48(6A) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(15)(e) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
49 Common grazings regulations.S
(1)Every grazings committee shall, within 6 months after being required by the Commission so to do, make and submit to the Commission common grazings regulations.
(2)Without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred on a grazings committee by section 48(1)(c) of this Act, common grazings regulations shall make provision with respect to the following matters—
(a)the recovery by the grazings committee from the crofters sharing in the common [F22grazing] of all expenses incurred by the committee in maintaining the common [F22grazing] and in providing, maintaining or replacing any fixed equipment required in connection [F23with such maintenance or with the implementation of any proposal approved under section 50B(11) of this Act] ;
(b)the recovery by the grazings committee from such crofters of all expenses incurred by the committee in the performance of the duties imposed on them by subsection (1)(b) [F24or (bb)] , and the exercise of their powers under subsection (4), of section 48 of this Act according to the proposed allocation of expenditure referred to in subsection (2) of that section or, as the case may be, that allocation as approved or modified by the Commission under that subsection;
(c)the levying by the grazings committee on, and the recovery by them from, the crofters referred to in paragraph (a) above or, as the case may be, such of the crofters referred to in paragraph (b) above as are liable to pay any expenses as mentioned in that paragraph, in such proportions as may be specified in the regulations, such sums as will in the opinion of the committee be necessary to enable the committee to meet any expenses which they may incur in the performance of the duties imposed on them by paragraphs (a) [F25to (bb)] of section 48(1) of this Act;
(d)the number and the kind of stock which each crofter is entitled to put on the common [F26grazing] ;
(e)the alteration of individual soumings where works for the improvement of the common [F27grazing] or the fixed equipment required in connection therewith have been carried out and all the crofters have not contributed to the expenses incurred in carrying out such works;
(f)where appropriate, the cutting of peats and the collection of seaweed;
(g)subject to the provisions of this Act, the summoning of meetings of the grazings committee and the procedure and conduct of business at such meetings.
(a)restrict the use of any part of the common [F28grazing] on which works of improvement have been carried out to crofters who contribute towards the expenses incurred by the common grazings committee in carrying out those works;
(b)where the use of any part of the common [F29grazing] is restricted as aforesaid, regulate the number and kinds of stock which each contributing crofter may put on that part and the number and kinds of stock which each crofter (whether or not he is a contributing crofter) may put on the remainder of the common [F29grazing] .
(4)Common grazings regulations made by a grazings committee shall be of no effect unless confirmed by the Commission. The Commission may confirm with or without modification or refuse to confirm any common grazings regulations submitted to them for confirmation, and may fix the date on which the regulations are to come into operation; and if no date is so fixed, the regulations shall come into operation at the expiration of one month from the date of their confirmation.
(5)If a grazings committee fail within the time limited by subsection (1) above to make and submit to the Commission common grazings regulations or to make and submit to the Commission common grazings regulations which in the opinion of the Commission are sufficient and satisfactory, the Commission may themselves make such common grazings regulations, which shall have the like force and effect as if they had been made by the grazings committee and confirmed by the Commission.
(6)A grazings committee may from time to time, and, if so required by the Commission, shall within the time limited by such requirement, make further regulations amending the common grazings regulations for the time being in force, and subsections (4) and (5) above shall apply to any such amending regulations subject to any necessary modifications.
(7)Before confirming, making or amending regulations in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this section, the Commission shall consult the [F30owner] of the common [F31grazing] to which the regulations relate; and the Commission shall send a copy of any regulations so confirmed, made or amended to the [F30owner] and to the grazings committee.
(8)Common grazings regulations for the time being in force under this section shall have effect notwithstanding anything contrary thereto or inconsistent therewith contained in any lease or other agreement, whether entered into before or after the coming into force of such regulations.
[F32(9)Nothing contained in a scheme a copy of which has been entered, under section 19A of this Act, in the Register of Crofts is, for the purposes of subsection (8) above, an agreement.]
F22Word in s. 49(2)(a) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(16)(a)(i) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F23Words in s. 49(2)(a) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(16)(a)(i) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F24Words in s. 49(2)(b) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(16)(a)(ii) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F25Words in s. 49(2)(c) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(16)(a)(iii) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F26Word in s. 49(2)(d) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(16)(a)(iv) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F27Word in s. 49(2)(e) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(16)(a)(iv) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F28Word in s. 49(3)(a) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(16)(b)(i) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); sch.S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2,
F29Words in s. 49(3)(b) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(16)(b)(ii) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F30Word in s. 49(7) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(16)(c)(i) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F31Word in s. 49(7) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(16)(c)(ii) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F32S. 49(9) added (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 30(2), 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
[F3349AGrazings committees: duty to reportS
(5)Each subsequent report must be submitted as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each successive period of 5 years.]
F33S. 49A inserted (1.4.2012) by Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 14), ss. 38, 57(2) (with s. 57(4)); S.S.I. 2011/334, art. 3, sch. Pt. 2 (with art. 4)
50 Use of common grazings for forestry purposes.S
(1)Where a grazings committee or any crofter [F34who holds a right] in the common grazing proposes that the committee should, in exercise of their power under section 48(4) of this Act, plant trees on, and use as woodlands, any part of the common grazing, the committee shall apply for—
(b)the consent of the [F35owner] of the common grazing,
(2)[F36An owner's] consent—
[F37(bb)may be given subject to conditions provided that those conditions are reasonable;]
(c)shall be intimated to the Commission by the [F38owner] or the grazings committee;
(e)shall, when entered in that Register, be binding on the successors to the [F39owner's] interest.
[F40(2A)An owner may refuse consent on (and only on) the grounds that implementation of the proposal would—
(ii)subject instead to a condition specified in the determination.]
(3)[F41An owner's] consent shall cease to have effect if the grazings committee have not commenced planting of trees on the part of the common grazing to which the consent relates on the expiry of the period of seven years beginning with the date on which the consent is entered in the Register of Crofts.
[F42(3A)The Commission shall, on receipt of any application under subsection (1)(a) above, consult as regards the proposal the owner, the crofters who share in the common grazing and such other persons as appear to the Commission to have an interest.
(b)in any other case, jointly and severally by the crofters sharing in the common grazing.]
[F43(4)In this section, “owner's consent” means the consent of the owner referred to in subsection (1)(b) above (or a deemed such consent);]
[F44(5)This section is without prejudice to section 50A of this Act and is subject to the terms of any agreement under that section.]
F34Words in s. 50(1) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 26(1)(a)(i), 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F35Word in s. 50(1)(b) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 26(1)(a)(ii), 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F36Words in s. 50(2) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 26(1)(b)(i), 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F37S. 50(2)(bb) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 26(1)(b)(ii), 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F38Word in s. 50(2)(c) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 26(1)(b)(iii), 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F39Word in s. 50(2)(e) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 26(1)(b)(iv), 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F40S. 50(2A)-(2C) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 26(1)(c), 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F41Words in s. 50(3) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 26(1)(d), 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F42S. 50(3A)-(3C) inserted (28.1.2008) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 26(1)(e), 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/568, art. 2
F43S. 50(4) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 26(1)(f), 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F44S. 50(5) added (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 26(1)(g), 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
[F4550AJoint forestry ventures etc.S
F45S. 50A, 50B inserted (25.6.2007 for the insertion of s. 50A, 28.1.2008 in force in so far as not already in force) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 26(2), 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.; S.S.I. 2007/568, art. 2
50BUse of common grazing for other purposesS
(6)If the vote is in favour of the proposal the committee (or grazings constable) shallF46... apply to the Commission seeking their approval for its implementation.
F47(11). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F47(12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F47(13). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F47(14). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F47(15)]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F46Words in s. 50B(6) repealed (1.10.2011) by Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 14), s. 57(2), sch. 4 para. 3(30)(a) (with s. 57(4)); S.S.I. 2011/334, art. 3, sch. Pt. 1 (with art. 4)
F47Ss. 50B(7)-(15) repealed (1.10.2011) by Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 14), s. 57(2), sch. 4 para. 3(30)(b) (with s. 57(4)); S.S.I. 2011/334, art. 3, sch. Pt. 1 (with art. 4)
[F4851 Enlargement of common grazings.S
(b)the enlargement takes effect on the date of registration.]
F48S. 51 substituted (1.10.2011 for specified purposes, 30.11.2012 in force in so far as not already in force) by Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 14), ss. 47, 57(2) (with s. 57(4)); S.S.I. 2011/334, art. 3, sch. Pt. 1 (with arts. 4 5(3)); S.S.I. 2012/288, art. 3(1)(b)(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 2
[F4951ANew common grazingS
(1)The Commission shall have power, on the application of the owner of any eligible land, to constitute the land as a common grazing F50....
(c)capable of being used for subsequent reference.]
F49S. 51A inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 27, 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F50Words in s. 51A(1) repealed (30.11.2013) by Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 14), ss. 27(1), 57(2) (with s. 57(4)); S.S.I. 2012/288, art. 3(1)(c) (with sch. 2 para. 3)
[F5151BRegistration of new common grazingsS
(1)Subsection (2) applies where the Commission make a determination to exercise their power under section 51A(1) to constitute land as a common grazing.
(b)where such an appeal is made, until it is abandoned or the Court confirms the Commission's determination under section 51A(1).]
F51S. 51B inserted (30.11.2013) by Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 14), ss. 27(2), 57(2) (with s. 57(4)); S.S.I. 2012/288, art. 3(1)(c) (with sch. 2 para. 3)
52 Miscellaneous provisions as to common grazings, as to lands held runrig, and as to use by crofters of peat bogs, etc.S
[F52(1)Where it is averred by the grazings committee or the owner that a person has contravened, or failed to comply with, any common grazings regulations for the time being in force under section 49 of this Act, the committee or as the case may be the owner may apply to the Commission for a determination in the matter.
[F53(1EA)Where the Commission make a determination under subsection (1E) that all or part of a person's share in a registered common grazing is terminated—
(1EB)Any apportionment of all or part of a person's share in a registered common grazing under subsection (1E) above takes effect, as respects an application for registration of the apportionment by virtue of section 25 of the 2010 Act, on the date of registration.]
(1F)Reference in this section to a share in the common grazing includes reference to any rights and privileges pertaining to that share.]
(2)Where it is prescribed by the common grazings regulations applicable to the common [F54grazing] of a township that the right of a crofter to share in such [F54grazing] shall be conditional on his making his croft available during the winter season for the accommodation of any stock belonging to other persons sharing in such [F54grazing] , any crofter may apply to the grazings committee for their consent to the exclusion of such stock from his croft or from part thereof, and if he is dissatisfied with the decision of the committee on such application he may appeal therefrom to the Commission.
Any consent given under this subsection by a grazings committee or, on appeal, by the Commission may be given subject to such conditions, if any, as the committee or the Commission, as the case may be, may think proper.
(3)The Commission may, on the application of any crofters interested, after consultation with the grazings committee, apportion a common grazing shared by two or more townships into separate parts for the exclusive use of the several townships or may apportion a part of such grazing for the exclusive use of one of the townships.
[F55(3A)In relation to a registered common grazing—
(b)the apportionment takes effect on the date of registration.]
(4)The Commission may, on the application of any crofter [F56who holds a right in a common grazing, and after consultation with the grazings committee, apportion a part of the] common grazing (including the site of the dwelling-house of the crofter so applying if situated on the common grazing), other than a part on which the grazings committee have planted trees and which they are using as woodlands under section 48(4) of this Act, for the exclusive use of the applicant.
(5)An application under subsection (4) above shall be competent notwithstanding that every part of the grazing except the part in respect of which the application is made has already been apportioned under that subsection.
[F57(5A)Where an application is made under subsection (4) by the crofter of an unregistered croft, the Commission—
(5D)But subsection (5C) does not apply to an apportionment which takes effect by virtue of subsection (5B).]
(6)Where the Commission in pursuance of subsection (3) or (4) above apportion to a township or to an individual a part of a common grazing for its or his exclusive use, they may make the apportionment subject to such conditions, including conditions with respect to the fencing or the draining of the apportioned part, as they may think fit.
(7)Notwithstanding anything in the M1Ground Game Act 1880, it shall be lawful for the crofters interested in a common grazing or in a part of a common grazing apportioned under subsection (3) above—
to kill and take ground game on the common grazing or the part thereof, as the case may be; and for the purposes of the said Act of 1880 any person appointed as aforesaid shall be deemed to be the occupier of the common grazing or the part thereof, but shall not have the right to authorise any other person to kill and take ground game, and any person authorised as aforesaid shall be deemed to have been authorised by the occupier of the common grazing or the part thereof to kill and take ground game with firearms or otherwise.
[F58(7A)Any transfer by a person who holds a right in a registered common grazing of that right to another person takes effect, as respects an application for registration of the transfer by virtue of section 25 of the 2010 Act, on the date of registration.]
(8)The Commission may, on the application of any landlord or crofter interested, apportion lands held runrig among the holders thereof in such manner and subject to such conditions as appears to the Commission in the circumstances of the case to be just and expedient.
[F59(8A)Subsection (5C) applies to an apportionment under subsection (8) of registered lands held runrig as it applies to an apportionment under subsection (4) of a part of a registered common grazing, with the modification that the reference to section 25 is to be construed as a reference to section 32.]
(9)The Commission may draw up a scheme regulating the use by crofters on the same estate of peat bogs, or of seaweed for the reasonable purposes of their crofts, or of heather or grass used for thatching purposes, and the charge for the use of all or any of these may be included in the rents fixed for the crofts.
[F60(10)Without prejudice to the generality of subsections (3), (4) and (8) above, the Commission may under any of those subsections (either or both)—
[F61(11A)In relation to a registered common grazing—
(11B)Subsection (11A) applies to registered land held runrig as it applies to a registered common grazing, with the modification that the reference to section 25 is to be construed as a reference to section 32.]
[F62(12A)Subsection (12B) applies to an application by the crofter of a registered croft (other than a first registered croft) made under subsection (12) to bring to an end an apportionment made in pursuance of subsection (4).
(12D)But subsection (12C) does not apply to an apportionment the bringing to an end of which takes effect by virtue of subsection (12B).]
[F63(14A)Any determination under subsection (14) takes effect, as respects an application for registration of the making of the determination by virtue of section 25 of the 2010 Act, on the date of registration.]
(15)Subsections (10) to [F64(14A)] above do not apply as respects land constituted as common grazing under section 51A of this Act.]
F52S. 52(1)-(1F) substituted for s. 52(1) (28.1.2008) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 28, 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/568, art. 2
F53S. 52(1EA)(1EB) inserted (30.11.2012) by Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 14), s. 57(2), sch. 4 para. 3(31)(a) (with s. 57(4)); S.S.I. 2012/288, art. 3(1)(b)(2), sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with sch. 2 para. 1(x))
F54Word in s. 52(2) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), s. 43(3), sch. 1 para. 2(17) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F55S. 52(3A) inserted (30.11.2012) by Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 14), s. 57(2), sch. 4 para. 3(31)(b) (with s. 57(4)); S.S.I. 2012/288, art. 3(1)(b)(2), sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with sch. 2 para. 1(x))
F56Words in s. 52(4) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 29(2), 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F57S. 52(5A)-(5D) inserted (30.11.2012 for specified purposes, 30.11.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 14), s. 57(2), sch. 4 para. 3(31)(c) (with s. 57(4)); S.S.I. 2012/288, art. 3(1)(b)(c)(2), sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with sch. 2 para. 1(w) 19)
F58S. 52(7A) inserted (30.11.2012) by Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 14), s. 57(2), sch. 4 para. 3(31)(d) (with s. 57(4)); S.S.I. 2012/288, art. 3(1)(b)(2), sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with sch. 2 para. 1(x))
F59S. 52(8A) inserted (30.11.2012) by Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 14), s. 57(2), sch. 4 para. 3(31)(e) (with s. 57(4)); S.S.I. 2012/288, art. 3(1)(b)(2), sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with sch. 2 para. 1(x))
F60S. 52(10)-(15) added (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 29(3), 43(3) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, sch.
F61S. 52(11A)(11B) inserted (30.11.2012) by Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 14), s. 57(2), sch. 4 para. 3(31)(f) (with s. 57(4)); S.S.I. 2012/288, art. 3(1)(b)(2), sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with sch. 2 para. 1(x))
F62S. 52(12A)-(12D) inserted (30.11.2012) by Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 14), s. 57(2), sch. 4 para. 3(31)(g) (with s. 57(4)); S.S.I. 2012/288, art. 3(1)(b)(2), sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with sch. 2 para. 1(x))
F63S. 52(14A) inserted (30.11.2012) by Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 14), s. 57(2), sch. 4 para. 3(31)(h) (with s. 57(4)); S.S.I. 2012/288, art. 3(1)(b)(2), sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with sch. 2 para. 1(x))
F64Word in s. 52(15) substituted (30.11.2013) by Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 14), s. 57(2), sch. 4 para. 3(31)(i) (with s. 57(4)); S.S.I. 2012/288, art. 3(1)(c)