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(3)That right may be exercised in relation to more than one holding of land or sporting interests [F1or more than one tenancy] but in order so to exercise the right an application must be made in respect of each such holding [F2or tenancy] and applications so made may be differently disposed of.
(4)In subsection (3) above, a “holding” of land or of a sporting interest is land in the ownership of one person or in common or joint ownership or a sporting interest to which one person is entitled or to which there is a common or joint entitlement [F3 and a “tenancy” is one where one person is entitled to the tenant's interest or there is a common or joint entitlement to that interest].
(5)Such an application shall be made in the prescribed form [F4, shall specify the persons mentioned in subsection (5ZA)] and shall include or be accompanied by information of the prescribed kind including information (provided, where appropriate, by or by reference to maps or drawings) about—
(a)the location and boundaries of the land [F5, the subjects of the lease or the] sporting interests in respect of which the right to buy is sought to be exercised (the “subjects of the application”);
(i)rights and interests in the subjects of the application [F6known to the crofting community body];
[F9(5ZA)The persons are—
[F10(5A)Paragraphs (b) to (d) and (f) of subsection (5) above do not apply as respects an application made by virtue of section 69A(2) of this Act.]
[F11(5AA)Ministers may by regulations––
[F12(aa)in the case of an application made by virtue of section 69A(2) above, send a copy of its application to the tenant;] and
[F13(ia)in the case of an application made by virtue of section 69A(2) above, the tenant;]
(11)That public notice shall be given by advertisement [F14in such manner as may be prescribed].
F1Words in s. 73(3) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(3)(a)(i) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F2Words in s. 73(3) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(3)(a)(ii) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F3Words in s. 73(4) added (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(3)(b) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F4Words in s. 73(5) inserted (16.12.2016 for specified purposes) by Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 6), ss. 64(2)(a), 142(1); S.S.I. 2016/394, art. 2, sch.
F5Words in s. 73(5)(a) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(3)(c) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F6Words in s. 73(5)(b)(i) inserted (16.12.2016 for specified purposes) by Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 6), ss. 64(2)(b)(i), 142(1); S.S.I. 2016/394, art. 2, sch.
F7Words in s. 73(5)(b) repealed (16.12.2016 for specified purposes) by Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 6), ss. 64(2)(b)(ii), 142(1); S.S.I. 2016/394, art. 2, sch.
F8S. 73(5)(f) repealed (16.12.2016 for specified purposes) by Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 6), ss. 64(2)(c), 142(1); S.S.I. 2016/394, art. 2, sch.
F9S. 73(5ZA) inserted (16.12.2016 for specified purposes) by Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 6), ss. 64(3), 142(1); S.S.I. 2016/394, art. 2, sch.
F10S. 73(5A) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(3)(d) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F11S. 73(5AA) inserted (16.12.2016 for specified purposes) by Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 6), ss. 64(4), 142(1); S.S.I. 2016/394, art. 2, sch.
F12S. 73(6)(aa) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(3)(e) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F13S. 73(8)(a)(ia) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(3)(f) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F14Words in s. 73(11) substituted for s. 73(11)(a)(b) (16.12.2016 for specified purposes) by Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 6), ss. 64(5), 142(1); S.S.I. 2016/394, art. 2, sch.
[F15(1A)But subsection (1)(a) above is subject to section 69A above.]
F15S. 74(1A) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43(3)(4), Sch. 1 para. 5(4) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
(1)The crofting community, defined in pursuance of section 71 above in relation to the crofting community body which has applied to buy land [F16, the interest of a tenant over land] or sporting interests, are to be taken for the purposes of section 74(1)(m) above as having approved a proposal to buy if—
(a)a ballot of the members of the crofting community so defined has, during the period of six months which immediately preceded the date on which the application was made, been conducted by the crofting community body on the question whether the crofting community body should buy the land [F17, tenant's interest] or sporting interests; and
(ii)the members of the crofting community so defined who voted and who are tenants of crofts within the land which the crofting community body has applied to buy or, as the case may be, within land over which the sporting interests which the crofting community body has applied to buy may be exercised [F18or within the land over which the tenant's interest subsists],
(3)If the ballot is not so conducted, the crofting community body’s right to buy the land [F19, tenant's interest] or sporting interests which are the subject of the body’s application is, so far as proceeding on that application, extinguished.
(c)the number of those persons who are tenants of crofts within the land which the body proposes to buy [F20or as the case may be within the land over which the tenant's interest subsists];
[F21(4A)Ministers may require the crofting community body—
(a)has a right of pasture or grazing, or holds a common grazing, within the land which the crofting community body has applied to buy or, as the case may be, within land over which the sporting interests which the crofting community body has applied to buy may be exercised [F22or within the land over which the tenant's interest subsists]; or
is, for the purposes of this section, to be regarded as a tenant of a croft within the land which the body proposes to buy [F23or within the land over which the tenant's interest subsists].
[F24(6)Ministers may by regulations make provision for or in connection with enabling a crofting community body, in such circumstances as may be specified in the regulations, to apply to them to seek reimbursement of the expense of conducting a ballot under this section.
F16Words in s. 75(1) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(5)(a)(i) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F17Words in s. 75(1)(a) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(5)(a)(ii) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F18Words in s. 75(1)(b)(ii) added (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(5)(a)(iii) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F19Words in s. 75(3) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(5)(b) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F20Words in s. 75(4)(c) added (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(5)(c) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F21S. 75(4A)(4B) inserted (16.12.2016 for specified purposes) by Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 6), ss. 66(2), 142(1); S.S.I. 2016/394, art. 2, sch.
F22Words in s. 75(5)(a) added (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(5)(d)(i) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F23Words in s. 75(5) added (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(5)(d)(ii) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F24S. 75(6)(7) inserted (16.12.2016 for specified purposes) by Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 6), ss. 66(3), 142(1); S.S.I. 2016/394, art. 2, sch.
(1)Only one crofting community body may exercise the right under this Part of this Act to buy the same land [F25, tenant's interest] or sporting interests.
(a)the other body’s right to buy the land or [F26tenant's interest which is, or the] sporting interests which are the subject of the body’s application is, so far as proceeding on that application, extinguished; and
(i)the owner of the land [F27, the tenant or the] person entitled to the sporting interests; and
F25Words in s. 76(1) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(6)(a) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F26Words in s. 76(4)(a) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(6)(b)(i) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F27Word in s. 76(4)(b)(i) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(6)(b)(ii) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
[F28(ca)where the subject of the application is a tenant's interest, any person who has an interest in the lease, being an interest giving rise to a right which is legally enforceable by that person;] or
[F29(ba)the tenant whose interest is the subject of the application;] or
F28S. 81(1)(ca) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(7)(a) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F29S. 81(2)(ba) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(7)(b) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
(b)the owner of the land or [F30as the case may be the tenant whose interest is the subject of the application or the] person entitled to the sporting interests to which the application relates;
(a)the land [F31, tenant's interest] or sporting interests to which the consent relates (provided, where appropriate, by or by reference to maps and drawings); and
F30Words in s. 82(1)(b) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(8)(a) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F31Words in s. 82(2)(a) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(8)(b) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F32S. 84(2)(c) repealed (1.8.2016) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), s. 104(3), sch. 2 para. 14(4); S.S.I. 2014/264, art. 2, sch. (with art. 4)
(1)A crofting community body’s right to buy land [F33, the interest of a tenant over land] or sporting interests under this Act is exercisable only if, within 21 days of the date of notification under section 88(12) below, it sends notice confirming its intention to proceed to buy the land [F34, tenant's interest] or interests to Ministers and to the owner of the land or [F35, as the case may be, the tenant or the] person entitled to the interests.
(3)Ministers shall, within 7 days of receipt of notice under subsection (1) or (2) above, acknowledge receipt and send a copy of that acknowledgement to the owner of the land or [F36, as the case may be, the tenant or the] person entitled to the interests.
F33Words in s. 85(1) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(9)(a)(i) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F34Words in s. 85(1) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(9)(a)(ii) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F35Words in s. 85(1) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(9)(a)(iii) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F36Words in s. 85(3) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(9)(b) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
(i)effect the transfer; [F37to it of the land or sporting interests or as the case may be the assignation to it of the tenant's interest] and
(i)that the subjects of the application to which Ministers have consented are the same as those to be transferred; [F38or assigned] and
(ii)that the transfer [F39or assignation] is to be effected in accordance with any other conditions imposed by Ministers under section 80 above.
(4)The owner of the land or person entitled to the [F40sporting] interests being bought is obliged—
(5)If, within 6 weeks of the date on which Ministers consent to an application to buy land or sporting interests, the owner of the land or person entitled to the [F41sporting] interests refuses or fails to make those deeds and other documents available, or they cannot be found, the Land Court may, on the application of the crofting community body, order the owner or person entitled or any other person appearing to the Court to have those deeds and documents to produce them.
[F42(7)In relation to an application made by virtue of section 69A(2) above, the tenant is obliged to make available to the crofting community body such deeds and other documents as are sufficient to enable the body to complete its acquisition of the tenant's interest and the tenant is obliged to effect the assignation of his interest accordingly.
F37Words in s. 86(1)(a)(i) added (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(10)(a)(i) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F38Words in s. 86(1)(b)(i) added (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(10)(a)(ii) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F39Words in s. 86(1)(b)(ii) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(10)(a)(iii) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F40Words in s. 86(4) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(10)(b) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F41Words in S. 86(5) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(10)(c) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F42Words in S. 86(7)-(9) added (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(10)(d) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
(1)The consideration for the transfer of the land or sporting interests [F43or for the assignation of the tenant's interest] shall be its or their value as assessed under section 88 below.
(2)That consideration shall, subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, be paid not later than the “final settlement date”, being the date on which expires a 6 month period beginning with the date (the “consent date”) when Ministers consented to the application under section 73 above to buy the land [F44, the tenant's interest or the sporting] interests.
(a)[F45the crofting community body and, as the case may be, the owner, the tenant or the person entitled to the sporting interests] so agree, the consideration may be paid on a date later than the final settlement date;
(b)the assessment of the valuation of the land [F46, the tenant's right or the sporting] interests under section 88 below has not been completed by a date 4 months after the consent date, the consideration shall be paid not later than 2 months after the date when that assessment is completed;
(4)Where, on the date the consideration is to be paid, the owner or person entitled to the interests is not able to effect the grant of a good and marketable title to the crofting community body [F47or as the case may be the tenant is not able to assign his interest to that body]—
shall be consigned into the Land Court until that title is granted [F48or assignation is effected] or the crofting community body gives notice to the Court of its decision not to proceed to complete the transaction.
(5)Where the consideration remains unpaid after the date not later than which it is to be paid, the crofting community body’s application under section 73 above in relation to the land [F49, the tenant's interest or the sporting] interests shall be treated as withdrawn.
(6)Any heritable security which burdened the land [F50 or tenant's interest immediately before—
[F51(7A)Where such a security also burdens a tenant's interest other than the tenant's interest assigned to the crofting community body, the security shall not, by virtue of subsection (6) above, cease to burden that other interest.]
(8)Unless the creditors in right of any such security otherwise agree, the crofting community body shall pay to them according to their respective rights and preferences any sum which would, but for this subsection, be paid to the owner [F52, or as the case may be to the tenant,] by the crofting community body as consideration for the land [F53, tenant's interest or sporting] interests.
(9)Any sum paid by a crofting community body under subsection (8) above shall be deducted from the sum which the body is to pay to the owner as consideration for the land [F54or as the case may be to the tenant as consideration for the interest of the tenant over the land].
F43Words in s. 87(1) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(11)(a) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F44Word in s. 87(2) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(11)(b) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F45Words in s. 87(3)(a) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(11)(c)(i) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F46Word in s. 87(3)(b) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(11)(c)(ii) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F47Words in s. 87(4) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(11)(d) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F48Words in s. 87(4) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(11)(d) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F49Words in s. 87(5) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(11)(e) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F50Words in s. 87(6) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(11)(f) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F51S. 87(7A) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(11)(g) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F52Words in s. 87(8) inserted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(11)(h)(i) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F53Words in s. 87(8) substituted (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(11)(h)(ii) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.
F54Words in s. 87(9) added (25.6.2007) by Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007 (asp 7), ss. 39, 43, Sch. 1 para. 5(11)(i) (with ss. 40, 43(2)); S.S.I. 2007/269, art. 2, Sch.