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      SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

      2001 No. 309 (C. 14)

      LAND REGISTRATION

      The Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 (Commencement No. 15) Order 2001

        Made 11th September 2001 

      The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 30(2) of the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

      Citation
           1. This Order may be cited as the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 (Commencement No. 15) Order 2001.

      Commencement of provisions
                 2. Sections 2(1) and (2) and 3(3) of the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 shall come into force on 1st April 2002 in the areas, for the purpose of registration of writs, of the County of Inverness and the County of Nairn.


      JAMES WALLACE
      A member of the Scottish Executive

      St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
      11th September 2001

      EXPLANATORY NOTE

      (This note is not part of the Order)

      This Order brings into force on 1st April 2002 in the areas of the Counties of Inverness and Nairn, sections 2(1) and (2) and 3(3) of the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979. Section 2(1) and (2) provides for the circumstances in which an interest in land shall be registerable and section 3(3) provides that certain persons are to obtain a real right only by registration.

      NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

      (This note is not part of the Order)

      Sections 2(1) and (2) and 3(3) of the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order in relation to the following areas-

      Registration Areas Date of Commencement S.I. No.
      Renfrew 06/04/1981 1980/1412
      Dumbarton 04/10/1982 1982/520
      Lanark 03/01/1984 1983/745
      Glasgow 30/09/1985 1985/501
      Clackmannan 01/10/1992 1992/815
      Stirling 01/04/1993 1992/2060
      West Lothian 01/10/1993 1993/922
      Fife 01/04/1995 1994/2588
      Aberdeen, Kincardine 01/04/1996 1995/2547
      Ayr, Dumfries, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Wigtown 01/04/1997 1996/2490
      Perth, Angus, Kinross 01/04/1999 1998/1810
      Berwick, East Lothian, Roxburgh, Selkirk, Peebles 01/10/1999 1998/2980
      Argyll, Bute 01/04/2000 S.S.I. 1999/111
      Midlothian 01/04/2001 S.S.I. 2000/338

      S.I. 1980/1412 also brought into force on 6th April 1981 all the other provisions of the Act, except those which, under section 30(2) of the Act, came into operation on the passing of the Act.

       [1] 1979 c.33. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).back


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