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Definitions
Public notification shall be given by publishing a notice in appropriate form in one or more newspaper circulating in the district in which the croft or, as the case may be, common grazing to which the application relates. For more information please visit our advertising factsheet.
An agent is a person authorised to act on behalf of another person.
An appeal in this context is to apply to the Scottish Land Court to overturn a decision or determination made by the Commission
What you need to complete in order to obtain Commission consent or approval to make a change to your croft or grazings share
An Apportionment is an area of the common grazings that is allocated to a shareholder (or sometimes to a township) and is fenced off or enclosed from the remainder of the grazings for their own exclusive use.
A beneficiary is a person or organisation who is entitled to inherit from a deceased person's Estate.
A ‘Bequest’ is a gift, in this context a croft that a person who has died leaves to a specific individual in their Will.
Common grazings are areas of rough grazings land used by a number of crofters. A common grazings with "general" in its name is one that is shared by several townships
The constituting landlord is the owner of the land at the time it was constituted/created as a croft under the new croft provisions at Section 3A
Area(s) of land and/or grazings rights entered on the Commission's Register of Crofts and subject to the Crofting Acts
"crofting community" means all the persons who (either or both) who occupy crofts within a township which consists of two or more crofts registered with the Crofting Commission; and/or hold shares in a common grazing associated with that township
The Crofting Register is a map based register of croft and common grazings land held by the Regsiters of Scotland
In the Crofting Act cultivation is described as including the use of a croft for horticulture or for any purpose of husbandry, including the keeping or breeding of livestock, poultry or bees, the growing of fruit, vegetables and the like and the planting of trees and use of the land as woodlands.
Criteria agreed by the Commission which determines the level (Tier) the decision on an application can be taken at
Decrofting means to remove land from a croft so it is no longer subject to the laws that apply to crofting land
Diversification, is any use of a croft beyond the definition of cultivation. Please also see "Purposeful Use"
An effective date is a specific date when an agreement or transaction between one or more parties becomes legally binding and the terms outlined in the decision/approval begin to apply. This can also be when something takes effect - eg on the date a change is registered on the RoS Crofting Register
An estate after death is made up of everything a person owned when they were alive and can include their property (house or land), business, personal possessions, money and any debts owed to or by the person that died.
An Executor is the title given to the person who is responsible for dealing with the administration of the deceased’s estate
A grazing clerk is someone appointed by the grazing committee to administer the work of the committee. This often includes, giving notice of meetings, keeping accurate records, keeping a minute of meetings and dealing with corresspondece on behalf of and reflecting the views of the grazing committee
A person appointed by the Crofting Commission to administer a Common Grazings in the absence of a Grazings Committee.
Person with an entitlement to use a Common Grazings.
Committees are appointed by the shareholders to manage, maintain and improve common grazings.
Intestate succession is the term that describes succession to a deceased crofter’s Estate where they have left no Will, or where a bequest in the Will cannot or has not been carried out within the required 12 months from the date of the crofter's death
A Landlord in this context is the owner of land in crofting tenure.
A person who is bequeathed the tenancy of a croft or grazings share in a deceased crofter's Will
Living Succession is the transfer of a croft either via assignation or transfer of ownership by a crofter to their successor when they are no longer able to meet their statutory crofting duties.
Someone who owns all or part of a common grazings land
This is the publishing of a notice in a newspapers circulating in the district in which the croft or, as the case may be, common grazing to which an application relates. Please see our advertising factsheet for further information.
A legal instruction or command. Orders can be issued by the Crofting Commission or the Scottish Land Court.
From 1 October 2011, The Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993 (as amended)defines an owner-occupier as a crofter if they are the owner of a croft; and they were either the tenant of the croft when the croft land was acquired or a crofter's nominee or an individual who purchased the croft from the constituting landlord(1) (or a successor in title to any of those persons). In addition the croft must not have been let to any person as a crofter since it was acquired or constituted as a croft.
Purposeful use is any planned or managed use of croft land, which does not adversely affect the croft, the public interest, the interests of the landlord or owner, or the use of adjacent land. Purposeful Use requires the written permission of your Landlord.
The Register of Crofts is a public register of crofts held by the Crofting Commission which contains basic information about the croft and the people associated with it.
Registers of Scotland is the official body that keeps public records of land, property, and other legal documents in Scotland.
To formally give up or end your tenancy of a croft and/or grazings share.
Resumption is when the Scottish Land Court authorise a landlord to remove all or part of a tenanted croft or common grazings land from crofting tenure
Rural Payments and Services is delivered by the Scottish Government’s Rural Payments and Inspections Division (RPID), with delivery partners. SGRPID have around 600 staff in 17 area offices throughout Scotland providing a range of services – some in the office covering administration and developing policy, others out in the field updating maps or conducting inspections
The number and type of stock an individual croft can graze on a common grazings.
A Tenant Crofter is a Crofter who occupies a croft and pays an annual rent to their Landlord. The rights and responsibilities of a croft tenant and their landlord are detailed in the Crofting Acts.
Termination of a croft tenancy is what happens when a crofter is removed as a crofter by the Crofting Commission or Scottish Land Court resulting in the croft becoming vacant.
An apportionment which is granted for a specific period of time (usually a minimum of 15 years) .
Testate Succession is the term used when a crofter makes a Will and names the person(s) they wish to leave the tenancy of their croft and/or grazing shares to and notice of the acceptance of the bequest is given to the landlord and copied to the Commission within 12 months of the crofter's death.
Title deeds are the legal papers that show if you solely or jointly own any type of building or land
This is the term used by the Registers of Scotland for a regulatory actvity the requires a croft to be registered on its Crofting Register.
A croft is vacant if it is not occupied by: a croft tenant, an owner-occupier crofter; a subtenant approved by the Commission or is under a short lease approved by the Commission.
