Montenegro, Parliamentary Elections, 16 October 2016: Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions
After subsection (1B) of section 25 of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955 (powers and duties of grazings committees) there shall be inserted the following subsections—
After section 26 of that Act there shall be inserted the following section—
After subsection (3) of section 12 of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955 (resumption of all or part of croft by landlord), there shall be inserted the following subsection—
In subsection (1A) of section 25 of that Act (powers and duties of grazings committees)—
after the words “subsection (1)(b) above” there shall be inserted “ , or to plant trees under subsection (1C) below, ”; and
after the word “works” in the second place where it occurs there shall be inserted “ or, as the case may be, that planting ”.
In section 26(2)(b) of that Act (common grazings regulations), for the words “section 25(1)(b) of this Act” there shall be substituted “ subsection (1)(b) and the exercise of their powers under subsection (1C) of section 25 of this Act ”.
In section 27 of that Act (Commission’s power to apportion common grazings)—
in subsection (1), for the words “the last foregoing section” there shall be substituted “ section 26 ”; and
in subsection (4), after the word “grazing” there shall be inserted “ , other than a part on which the grazings committee have planted trees and which they are using as woodlands under section 25(1C) of this Act, ”.
In paragraph 12 of the Second Schedule to that Act (statutory conditions relating to crofting tenure), in the definition of “cultivate”—
the word “and” where it first occurs shall be omitted; and
at the end there shall be added “ and the planting of trees and use of the land as woodlands ”.
In the Fifth Schedule to that Act (definition of permanent improvements), at the end of paragraph 7 there shall be added the words “ other than under section 25(1C) of this Act ”.
In subsection (2) of section 3 of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1961 (Register of Crofts), after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—.
In section 1 of the Forestry Act 1979 (finance for forestry), at the end there shall be added the following subsection—
In section 2 of the Farm Land and Rural Development Act 1988 (grants in respect of farm woodlands), at the end there shall be added the following subsection—
There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament any increase attributable to this Act in the sums so payable under any other enactment.
This Act may be cited as the Crofter Forestry (Scotland) Act 1991.
This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument.
This Act extends to Scotland only.