Crofting Register (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2012 (S.S.I. No. 327 of 2012)

This S.S.I. has been made in consequence of a defect in S.S.I. 2012/294 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that instrument. S C O T T I S H S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2012 No. 327 CROFTERS, COTTARS AND SMALL LANDHOLDERS REGISTERS AND RECORDS The Crofting Register (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2012 Made - - - - 27th November 2012 Laid before the Scottish Parliament 29th November 2012 Coming into force - - 13th January 2013 The Scottish Ministers make the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 19(1) and 53(2)(a) of the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010(a) and all other powers enabling them to do so. In accordance with section 19(1), they have consulted the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland and the Crofting Commission. Citation and commencement 1. These Rules may be cited as the Crofting Register (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2012 and come into force on 13th January 2013. Amendment to the Crofting Register (Scotland) Rules 2012 2.—(1) The Crofting Register (Scotland) Rules 2012(b) are amended as follows. (2) In rule 6 (forms of application for registration in the Crofting Register)— (a) in paragraph (3), for “24(1)” substitute “24(1)(b); (b) in paragraph (4), for “26(1)(a)” substitute “24(1)(a)”; and (c) in paragraph (5), for “26(1)(b)” substitute “25(1)”. (3) In the Schedule, in the table of the list of forms to be used in connection with registration— (a) in the second column, in the entry for Form C, after “common grazing” insert “(other than a new common grazing)”; and (b) in the third column— (i) in the entry for Form C, for “24(1)” substitute “24(1)(b)”; (a) 2010 asp 14 (“the 2010 Act”). Section 19(1) is applied, with modifications, to common grazings by section 28 of, and paragraph 12 of schedule 3 to, the 2010 Act and to land held runrig by section 32 of that Act. (b) S.S.I. 2012/294. 2 (ii) in the entry for Form D, for “26(1)(a)” substitute “24(1)(a)”; and (iii) in the entry for Form E, for “26(1)(b)” substitute “25(1)”. (4) In the Schedule, in Form C— (a) for the title of that form substitute— “FORM C Application for First Registration of Common Grazing (other than a new Common Grazing) or Land Held Runrig”; and (b) in the words in bold type immediately below the title of that form, after “Common Grazing” insert “(other than a new Common Grazing)”. PAUL WHEELHOUSE Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 27th November 2012 3 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Rules) These Rules make corrections to clarify the forms for the registration of common grazings prescribed in the Crofting Register (Scotland) Rules 2012. Crown Copyright 2012 Printed in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Carol Tullo, the Queen’s Printer for Scotland. £4.00 S5729 11/2012 325729T 19585 9 780111 018583 ISBN 978-0-11-101858-3 This S.S.I. has been made in consequence of a defect in S.S.I. 2012/294 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that instrument. S C O T T I S H S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2012 No. 327 CROFTERS, COTTARS AND SMALL LANDHOLDERS REGISTERS AND RECORDS The Crofting Register (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2012