Scottish government consulting on crofting reform
Reading time: 1 minute
The Scottish government is seeking views on potential new legislation to reform crofting law.
Views are sought on how to possibly improve several fundamental aspects of crofting, particularly if present legislation impacts upon them.
The first Crofting Law Act was passed in 1886, and there have been several instances of subsequent legislative reform and other amendments made in the resulting years.
Key pieces of recent crofting legislation are: the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993, which consolidated legislation made between 1955 and 1993, the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010; and the Crofting (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2013.
Consequently, crofting law has been deemed vastly complex, difficult to implement into practice, and often open to dispute or other interpretation.
Share this article:
Subscribe to our newsletter to not miss articles like this one:
SUBSCRIBE
