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Community Empowerment (Registers of Land) (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. No. 362 of 2016).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Scotland
Document type
Regulation
Date
2016
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land reform Public land Transfer Community management
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations specify descriptions of land that need not be included in the register of land to be established and maintained by relevant authorities under section 94(1) of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015. It includes land used for water purposes. Section 94 requires each relevant authority to establish and maintain a register of specified land. The land is land which, to the best of the authority’s knowledge and belief, is owned or leased by a relevant authority. Publication is required in relation with transfer of ownership of land of authorities for community purposes.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (2015 Asp 6).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2015

Keyword: Agricultural development, Public participation, Community management, Local government, Environmental planning, Sustainable development, Policy/planning, Inland fisheries, Land reform, Land tenure, Land-use planning, Common property, Transfer, Private land, Public land, Non-governmental entity, Agricultural land, Expropriation, Smallholders/peasants, Management/conservation, Protected area

Source: FAO, FAOLEX