Resumption
‘Resumption of croft land’ happens when a landlord of a tenanted croft successfully applies to the Scottish Land Court to permanently remove all or part of the croft land from crofting tenure.
If granted, the Scottish Land Court issues an order authorising the resumption.
Who should use this notification?
A landlord who has had a resumption application approved by the Scottish Land Court.
- This specific notification form is only required if the croft was registered with Registers of Scotland for the first time because of your resumption application.
- You do not need to notify us using this form if the croft was already registered on their crofting register. However, you must submit a Registers of Scotland subsequent event (Form B) application to us within three months of the Land Court order date.
How to notify us
You must notify us that the resumption has taken effect within 3 months of the date of the Scottish Land Court order.
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Notify us
You must also include:
- The Scottish Land Court reference number for the case.
- The date the resumption took effect.
- Registers of Scotland application: If registering with Registers of Scotland for the first time you will need to submit a first registration (Form A).
- Each Registers of Scotland application has a fee of £90. We will process and forward these applications on your behalf.
Important: Failure to submit the notification or Registers of Scotland form within the 3-month timescale means the resumption is deemed not to have taken effect, and you will need to re-apply to the Scottish Land Court.
What happens after notification?
The resumption will take effect on the date it is recorded with Registers of Scotland on their crofting register.
- If our notification form was used: We will update our register of crofts and notify Registers of Scotland of the change.
- If the croft was already registered with Registers of Scotland: We will process the subsequent event (Form B) and send it to Registers of Scotland to record the change and update our register of crofts. Each Registers of Scotland application has a fee of £90.