Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 55)

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Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970 (c. 35)

32 In Schedule 1 in paragraph 5(a), for "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949" substitute "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991".

Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 56)

33 In section 31(3)(c) for "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949" substitute "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991".

34 In section 44--

(a) in subsection (2)(a)(i) for "section 25(2)(c) of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949" substitute "section 22(2)(b) of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991";

(b) in subsection (2)(a)(ii)--

(i) for "section 26(1)(e)" substitute "section 24(1)(e)"; and

(ii) for "section 25(2)(c)" substitute "section 22(2)(b)";

(c) in subsection (3)(a) for "sections 25(2)(c) and 26(1)(e)" substitute "sections 22(2)(b) and 24(1)(e)";

(d) in subsection (4), for "section 12 of the Agricultural (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968" substitute "section 56 of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991".

35 In section 52--

(a) in subsection (3)(d) for "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949" substitute "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991"; and

(b) in subsection (4) for "section 59(1) of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949" substitute "section 47(1) of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991" and for "the said section 59(1)" substitute "the said section 47(1)".

36 In section 55--

(a) for subsection (1)(b) substitute--

" (b) either--

(i) section 22(1) of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 does not apply by virtue of subsection (2)(b) of that section; or

(ii) the Scottish Land Court have consented to the notice on the ground set out in section 24(1)(e) of that Act. " ;

(b) in subsection (2)(a), for "section 12 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968" substitute "section 56 of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991";

(c) in subsection (2)(b) for "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949" substitute "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991", and for "sections 9 and 15(3) of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968" substitute "sections 54 and 58(1) and (2) of that Act";

(d) in subsection (6) for "section 33 of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949" substitute "section 30 of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991".

37 In section 80(1), in the definitions of "agricultural holding" and "holding" for "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949" substitute "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991".

Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974 (c. 38)

38 In section 8(5)(a), for "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949" substitute "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991".

Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40)

39 In section 31(B)(2)(a), for the words "an absolute owner (within the meaning of section 93 of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949)" substitute "the owner of the dominium utile".

Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection)(Scotland) Act 1981 (c. 59)

40 In section 13(8), in the definition of "agricultural holding", for "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949" substitute "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991".

Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 58)

41 For section 25(1)(iii) substitute--

" (iii) the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 " .

Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73)

42 In section 7(2), in the definition of "agricultural holding", for "section 1 of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949" substitute "the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991".

Agriculture Act 1986 (c. 49)

43 In section 14(a) for "the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949" substitute "the 1991 Act".

44 In section 16--

(a) in subsection (2), for "section 7 of the 1949 Act" substitute "section 13 of the 1991 Act"; and

(b) in subsection (7), for "section 86 of the 1949 Act" substitute "section 79 of the 1991 Act".

45 In section 18(6) for the words from "the absolute owner" to "1949" substitute "the owner of the dominium utile".

46 In section 19(4) for "the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955" substitute "the 1955 Act".

47 After section 23 insert--

In this Act--

• "the 1886 Act" means the Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886;

• "the 1911 Act" means the Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911;

• "the 1955 Act" means the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955; and

• "the 1991 Act" means the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991. "

48 In Schedule 2, paragraph 1(1)--

(a) in the definition of "landlord"--

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for "the 1949 Act" substitute "the 1991 Act" and for "section 93(1)" substitute "section 85(1)"; and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (c), for "the 1949 Act" substitute "the 1991 Act";

(b) in the definition of "tenancy", for "the 1949 Act" substitute "the 1991 Act"; and

(c) in the definition of "tenant"--

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for "the 1949 Act" substitute "the 1991 Act" and for "section 93(1)" substitute "section 85(1)"; and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (c), for "the 1949 Act" substitute "the 1991 Act".

49 In Schedule 2, paragraph 3(1)(b), for "section 20 of the 1949 Act" substitute "section 11 of the 1991 Act".

50 In Schedule 2, paragraph 7--

(a) in sub-paragraph (2), for "the 1949 Act" where it first occurs substitute "the 1991 Act" and for "section 7 of the 1949 Act" substitute "section 13 of the 1991 Act"; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (4)--

(i) in sub-paragraph (a)(i), for "section 93 of the 1949 Act" substitute "section 85 of the 1991 Act";

(ii) in sub-paragraph (a)(iii), for "the 1949 Act" substitute "the 1991 Act" and

(iii) in sub-paragraph (b), for "section 93 of the 1949 Act" substitute "section 85 of the 1991 Act".

51 In Schedule 2, paragraph 10(1)--

(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for "the 1949 Act" substitute "the 1991 Act" and for "section 78" substitute "section 60(2)"; and

(b) for "section 75 (or, where the circumstances require, sections 77 and 87) of the 1949 Act" substitute "section 60(1) (or, where the circumstances require, sections 64 and 80) of the 1991 Act".

52 In Schedule 2, paragraph 11--

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(a), for "the 1949 Act" substitute "the 1991 Act" and for "section 78" substitute "section 60(2)";

(b) in sub-paragraph (4)--

(i) for "section 75 (or, where the circumstances require, sections 77 and 87) of the 1949 Act" substitute "section 60(1) (or, where the circumstances require, sections 64 and 80) of the 1991 Act"; and

(ii) for "paragraph 13 of the Sixth Schedule" substitute "paragraph 14 of Schedule 7"; and

(c) in sub-paragraph (5), for "section 61 of the 1949 Act" substitute "section 50 of the 1991 Act".

53 In Schedule 2, for paragraph 12 substitute-- " Sections 65 and 75(1), (2), (4) and (6) of the 1991 Act (recovery of sums due and power of tenant to obtain charge on holding) shall apply in relation to any sum payable to the tenant under this Schedule as they apply to sums payable under that section. " .

Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26)

54 In section 256(1) and (3) for "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949" substitute "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991".

55 In section 338(1), in the definition of "agricultural holding", for "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949" substitute "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991".

56 In Schedule 8, Part IV, paragraph 13--

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)--

(i) for "Section 8 of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949" substitute "Section 15 of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991";

(ii) for "the said section 8" substitute "the said section 15";

(b) in sub-paragraph (2)--

(i) for "paragraph 18 of Schedule 1 to the said Act of 1949" substitute "paragraph 18 of Schedule 5 to the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991";

(ii) for "section 79" substitute "section 73";

(iii) for "the said Schedule 1" substitute "the said Schedule 5";

(iv) for "sections 51 and 52" substitute "sections 38 and 39";

(v) for "section 49 of the said Act of 1949" substitute "section 36 of that Act".

Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43)

57 In Schedule 4 in paragraph 6(a), for "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949" substitute "Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991".

Section 87.

SCHEDULE 12 Transitionals and Savings

Continuation of savings

1 The repeal by this Act of an enactment which repealed a previous enactment subject to a saving shall not affect the continued operation of that saving.

Construction of references to old and new law

2 (1) Where an enactment contained in this Act repeals and re-enacts an earlier enactment--

(a) for the purpose of giving effect to any instrument or other document it shall be competent, so far as the context permits, to construe a reference to either enactment as a reference to the other;

(b) anything done or required to be done for the purposes of either enactment may, so far as the context permits, be treated as having been done or as something required to be done for the purposes of the other.

(2) In this paragraph, a reference to an enactment reenacted in this Act includes a reference to any such enactment repealed by the Agricultural Holdings Act 1923, the 1949 Act or the Agricultural Holdings (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1983.

Savings for specific enactments

3 Nothing in this Act shall affect any provision of the [1922 c. 52.] Allotments (Scotland) Act 1922.

4 Section 21 of the [1951 c. 65.] Reserve and Auxilary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951 (as read with section 24 of that Act) shall continue to have effect--

(a) in subsections (2) and (3) with the substitution for references to the Secretary of State of references to the Land Court; and

(b) with the reference in subsection (6) to section 27 of the 1949 Act being construed as a reference to that section as originally enacted.

Compensation

5 Notwithstanding section 16 of the [1978 c. 30.] Interpretation Act 1978, rights to compensation conferred by this Act shall be in lieu of rights to compensation conferred by any enactment repealed by this Act.

Section 88.

SCHEDULE 13 Repeals and Revocations

Part I Repeals

Chapter	Short title	Extent of repeal
1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 34.	Sheep Stocks Valuation (Scotland) Act 1937.	The whole Act.
9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 73.	Hill Farming Act 1946.	Sections 28 to 31.Second Schedule.
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 45.	Agriculture (Scotland) Act 1948.	Section 52.In section 54, the definitions of "deer", "occupier of an agricultural holding" and "woodlands".
12, 13 and 14 Geo. 6. c. 75.	Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949.	The whole Act.
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 18.	Livestock Rearing Act 1951.	In section 1(2)(b) the words "in paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section 8 of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949".
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 65.	Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951.	In section 24(b), the words from "for references" to "twenty-seven thereof".
6 & 7 Eliz. 2 c. 71.	Agriculture Act 1958.	Section 3.Schedule 1.
1963 c. 11.	Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1963.	Section 21
1964 c. 41.	Succession (Scotland) Act 1964.	In Schedule 2, paragraphs 19 to 23.
1968 c. 34.	Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968.	Part II.Schedules 4 and 5.
1973 c. 65.	Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.	Section 228(5).
1976 c. 21.	Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 1976.	Schedule 2, para. 25.
1976 c. 55.	Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.	Section 13 and 14.
1980 c. 45.	Water (Scotland) Act 1980.	In Schedule 10, Part II, the entry relating to the 1949 Act.
1983 c. 46.	Agricultural Holdings (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1983.	The whole Act.
1985 c. 73.	Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985.	Section 32.
1986 c. 5.	Agricultural Holdings Act 1986.	In schedule 14, paras. 25(8), 26(11) and 33(8).
1986 c. 49.	Agriculture Act 1986.	In Schedule 2, para. 1, the definitions of "the 1886 Act", "the 1911 Act", "the 1949 Act" and "the 1955 Act".

Part II

Revocations of Subordinate Legislation			Number	Citation	Extent of revocation
SI 1950/1553.	The Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Regulations 1950.	The whole Instrument.
SI 1978/798.	The Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949 (Variation of First Schedule) Order 1978.	The whole Order.
SI 1986/1823.	The Hill Farming Act 1946 (Variation of Second Schedule) (Scotland) Order 1986.	The whole Order.

Table of Derivations

Note: The following abbreviations are used in this Table--

1937	= The Sheep Stocks Valuation (Scotland) Act 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6.c. 34).
1946	= The Hill Farming Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 73).
1948	= The Agriculture (Scotland) Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 45).
1949	= The Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 75).
1958	= The Agriculture Act 1958 (c. 71).
1963	= The Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1963 (c. 11)
1964	= The Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 (c. 41).
1968	= The Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968 (c. 34).
1973	= The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65).
1976	= The Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (c. 55).
1983	= The Agriculture Holdings (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1983 (c. 46).
1986	= The Agriculture Holdings Act 1986 (c. 5).
S.I. 1950/1553	= The Agriculture Holdings (Scotland) Regulations 1950 (S.I. 1950/1553).
S.I. 1978/798	= The Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949 (Variation of First Schedule) Order 1978 (c.I. 1978/798).
S.I. 1986/1823	= The Hill Farming Act 1946 (Variation of Second Schedule) (Scotland) Order 1986.

Provision of Act	Derivation
1	1949 s.1; 1958 s.9(1).
2	1949 s.2.
3	1949 s.3; 1949 s.24(1).
4	1949 s.4, s.6(4).
5	1949 s.5.
6	1949 s.23.
7	1949 s.12; 1958 Sch. 1 Pt.II para. 33.
8	1949 s.17.
9	1949 s.9; 1958 Sch. 1 Pt.II para. 32.
10	1949 s.18.
11	1949 s.20; 1964 s.34(1), Sch. 2 paras. 19, 20 and 21.
12	1949 s.21; 1964 s.34(1), Sch. 2 para. 22.
13	1949 s.7; 1983 s.2.
14	1949 s.6(3).
15	1949 s.8.
16	1949 s.10.
17	1949 s.13.
18	1949 s.14.
19	1949 s.22.
20	1949 s.19.
21	1949 s.24; 1958 Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 34.
22	1949 s.25; 1958 s.3(1), (3), Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 35.
23	1949 s.27; 1958 Sch. 1 Pt. II, para. 37.
24	1949 s.26; 1958 s.3(2), (3), Sch. 1 Pt. II para 36; 1983 s.4(1).
25	1949 s.26A; 1983 s.3, s.4(2).
26	1949 s.28; 1958 Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 38; 1989 (c. 15) Sch. 25 para. 12.
27	1949 s.30; 1958 Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 40.
28	1949 s.31.
29	1949 s.32.
30	1949 s.33.
31	1949 s.34.
32	1976 s.14.
33	1949 s.36; s.47.
34	1949 s.37, s.41, s.42, s.43, s.44(4), s.45, s.48, s.53, s.54.
35	1949 s.11, s.46, s.55.
36	1949 s.38, s.43, s.44(1), s.49, s.53.
37	1949 s.39, s.50.
38	1949 s.40, s.51.
39	1949 s.52; 1958 Sch.1 Pt. II para. 41.
40	1949 s.65.
41	1949 s.66; 1958 Sch.1 Pt II para. 43.
42	1949 s.67.
43	1949 s.35.
44	1949 s.56.
45	1949 s.57, s.58.
46	1949 s.6(1), (2); s.57(3); S.I. 1950/1553.
47	1949 s.59.
48	1949 s.16.
49	1949 s.60.
50	1949 s.61.
51	1949 s.63; 1958 Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 42; S.I. 1977/2007.
52	1949 s.15; S.I. 1977/2007.
53	1949 s.64.
54	1968 s.9, s.16, Sch. 5, para. 1.
55	1968 s.11.
56	1968 s.12, s.16.
57	1968 s.14; 1972 (c. 52) Sch. 21, Pt. II.
58	1968 s.15, s.16, Sch 5, para. 5.
59	1968 s.16, s.17.
60	1949 s.74, s.78.
61	1949 s.68, s.75; 1973 s.228(5); 1983 s.5(1).
62	1949 s.68.
63	1949 s.76; 1971 c. 58 s.4.
64	1949 s.77, s.87(2); 1968 s.17(3).
65	1949 s.69.
66	1976 s.13.
67	1949 s.91; 1971 c. 58 s.4.
68	1937 s.1; 1946 s.28; 1985 c. 73 s.32; SI 1986/1823.
69	1937 s.2.
70	1937 s.3; 1946 s.29; SI 1986/1823.
71
Schedule 2	1983 Sch. 1.
Schedule 3	1949 Sch. 2.
Schedule 4	1949 Sch. 3.
Schedule 5	1949 Sch. 1; S.I. 1978/798.
Schedule 6	1949 Sch. 4.
Schedule 7	1949 Sch. 6; 1983 s.5(2).
Schedule 8	1968 Sch. 4, Sch 5, para 6, para 7.
Schedule 9	1946 Sch. 2; 1963 s.21.
Schedule 10	1946 Sch. 2; 1963; s.21.

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