Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010: 2010 asp 14

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Scotland Scottish Parliament

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TSO (The Stationery Office)

This Act reforms the Crofters Commission, making it more democratic and accountable. There will be up to 9 members of the Commission, the majority of whom will be crofters elected by crofters. It also provides a new definitive, map-based Crofting Register that will give crofters and crofting stakeholders greater legal certainty over the land held in crofting tenure (including Common Grazing land) and the boundaries and interests held in that land. It will be operated by the Keeper of The Registers of Scotland. Clear duties are placed on both tenant and owner-occupier crofters to address absenteeism and neglect on croft land. The Act requires the Commission to take action against any breach of these duties. Pressure from speculation on the development value of croft land will be tackled by strengthening the grounds under which the Commission may consider an application to decroft and the Scottish Land Court can consider resumption applications.