Crofting Acts

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The Crofting Acts are a series of laws in Scotland that established and protected the rights of small tenant farmers (crofters), particularly in the Highlands and Islands, by regulating land tenure and security of occupancy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish legislation
land reform law
administeredBy Crofting Commission
Scottish Government
aimsTo encourage sustainable use of marginal agricultural land
stabilise rural populations in the Highlands and Islands
appliesTo crofters
small tenant farmers
appliesToRegion Scottish Highlands
Scottish Islands NERFINISHED
concerns common grazings
crofting townships
heritable rights in crofts
country Scotland
created Crofting Commission
establishes legal framework for crofting communities
statutory smallholdings known as crofts
field agricultural law
land tenure
hasPart Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955
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Crofters (Scotland) Act 1961
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Crofters (Scotland) Act 1968
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Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993
Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886
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Crofting Reform (Scotland) Act 2010
Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007
linked to: Crofting Acts

Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 provisions on crofting
Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911
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historicalContext Highland land question
post-Clearances land reform
languageOfDocument English
Scots law terminology
legalSubject crofting
legalSystem Scots law
predecessor Crofters Commission
protects crofters from arbitrary eviction
security of tenure for crofters and their families
purpose to protect the rights of crofters
to provide security of tenure
to regulate crofting tenure
to regulate rents and conditions of occupancy
regulates assignation of crofts
decrofting
division of crofts
landlord–tenant relations in crofting areas
rent of crofts
rights of succession to crofts
security of occupancy for crofters
subletting of crofts

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Highland Clearances relatedTo Crofting Acts
Crofting Acts hasPart Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886
linked to: Crofting Acts
Crofting Acts hasPart Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911
linked to: Crofting Acts
Crofting Acts hasPart Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955
linked to: Crofting Acts
Crofting Acts hasPart Crofters (Scotland) Act 1961
linked to: Crofting Acts
Crofting Acts hasPart Crofters (Scotland) Act 1968
linked to: Crofting Acts
Crofting Acts hasPart Crofting Reform etc. Act 2007
linked to: Crofting Acts