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Crofting

Crofting reform bill consultation

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Details: Thursday, 11 June 2009 10:45 Tamsin Morris Hits: 508

A consultation has been launched on the draft Crofting Reform Bill, which will be open for comments until August 12th, 2009.

The bill has been drawn up in response to the recommendations made by the Committee of Inquiry on Crofting and has been given a cautious welcome by the Scottish Crofting Foundation. Proposals within the bill include:

changes to the governance arrangements within crofting;
tightening of requirements for crofters to be resident on or near the croft and to work the land;
an occupancy requirement for houses built on land taken out of crofting tenure; and
granting standard security over croft tenures to allow crofters better access to financial products.

A series of public meetings have been organised by the government to provide further information on the bill. The meetings take place during June and you can find further details here. You can find the full text of the consultation document here.