Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016
The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which continues the process of land reform in Scotland following the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015. It is notable for granting Scottish ministers the power to force the sale of private land to community bodies to further sustainable development in the absence of a willing seller.
| Act of the Scottish Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for a land rights and responsibilities statement; to establish the Scottish Land Commission, provide for its functions and the functions of the Land Commissioners and the Tenant Farming Commissioner; to make provision about access to, and provision of, information about owners and controllers of land; to make provision about engaging communities in decisions relating to land; to enable certain persons to buy land to further sustainable development; to make provision for non-domestic rates to be levied on shootings and deer forests; to make provision about the change of use of common good land; to make provision about the management of deer on land; to make provision about access rights to land; to amend the law on agricultural holdings to provide for new forms of agricultural tenancy, to remove the requirement to register before tenants of certain holdings can exercise a right to buy, to provide a new power of sale where a landlord is in breach of certain obligations, to provide about rent reviews, to expand the list of the persons to whom holdings can be assigned or bequeathed and to whom holdings can be transferred on intestacy and to make provision about landlords’ objections to such successor tenants, to provide for certain holdings to be relinquished where landlords agree or assigned to persons new to or progressing in farming, to provide for a 3 year amnesty period in relation to certain improvements carried out by tenants, and to provide for notice of certain improvements proposed by landlords; and for connected purposes. |
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| Citation | 2016 asp 18 |
| Introduced by | Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Food and Environment |
| Territorial extent | Scotland |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 22 April 2016 |
| Commencement | 1 November 2016 |
| Other legislation | |
| Relates to | Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991, Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 |
Status: Current legislation | |
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| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
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