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Stage 1 report on the Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill
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Published: Friday 19 Dec 2025 (RAI/S6/2025/R12)
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Introduction
Consideration by other parliamentary committees
Part 1 - crofting reform
General views on Part 1 of the Bill
Support for the Bill's provisions
Support for wider and more fundamental reform of crofting law
Enforcement of crofters' duties - sections 1 to 7
General views on enforcement of crofters’ duties
Section 1 – Enabling environmental uses of crofts
Section 2 – Removal of timescales for deciding applications
Section 3 – Reporting on breaches of duties
Section 4 – Enforcement of duties
Crofting Commission powers - sections 8 to 14
Section 8 – Assignations to family members
Section 9 – Meaning of ‘owner-occupier crofter’ etc – and section 10 – Prohibition on transfers of owner-occupied crofts to persons who are not individuals
Section 11 – Ten-year restriction on assignation and acquisition following Commission let
Section 14 – Commission's powers to adjust boundaries
Common grazings - sections 15 to 18
Section 15 – Common grazings: unattached shares etc.
Section 18 – Use of common grazings for forestry or environmental purposes
Crofting register - sections 22 to 27
Section 26 – Rectification of the crofting register
Electronic communications - sections 28 to 30
Section 28 – Services of notices
Section 29 – Public notification
Section 30 – Crofting census notices
Simplifications and clarifications
Section 32 – Appointed members: special considerations
Part 2 – merger of the Scottish Land Court and the Lands Tribunal for Scotland
General views on the merger
Operational matters pertaining to the Court
Expertise within the merged Court
Lack of a requirement for internal appeals against a Tribunal decision
Requirement for a Gaelic-speaking member of the Court
Other issues raised with operation of merged Court
Environmental court
Conclusion
Annexe A: Minutes of meetings
Annexe B: textual amendments to the Bill suggested in responses to the Committee's call for views
Annexe C: glossary of terms
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