This Order brings the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 into force on 27 November 2003, except for specified provisions. The Order also makes transitional and savings provision in relation to the amendments in the Act which affect agricultural holdings under the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (article 3 and the Schedule).

This Order makes provision for additional amendments to enactments as a consequence of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 11). It extends provisions of those enactments which applied to agricultural holdings under the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 (c.55) to the types of tenancy of agricultural land created under Part 1 of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003, short limited duration tenancies and limited duration tenancies.

Implements: Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 (2003 asp 11). (2003-04-22)

The functions of the Minister under section 25 of the Town and Country Planning Act, in so far as these powers relate to the grant or refusal of permission to subdivide for agricultural purposes agricultural land situated outside areas subject to a development plan or approved development plan are hereby delegated to the National Environmental Council established under the Environmental Protection and Pollution Control Act, 1990 and any liability to pay compensation under the Town and Country Planning Act in respect of anything done by the National Environmental Council in exercise of the f

These Regulations shall apply to any application for permission to develop or subdivide land or for any approval or determination under a development or subdivision order. All applications for planning permission shall be made on forms issued by the Minister or planning authority, as the case may be, and shall include such particulars and shall be accompanied by such plans and drawings as may be required by the directions printed on the forms. All applications for planning permission or for determination shall be submitted to the Minister or planning authority, as the case may be.

These Regulations prescribe the procedure to be followed by a crofting community body when it wishes to apply to Scottish Ministers for a grant under section 90 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. Such a grant may be applied for when a crofting community body is liable to pay compensation under section 89 of the Act to any person, including the owner, or former owner of land or sporting interests, and that body has been unable to obtain enough money to pay, or to pay in full, the compensation.

These Regulations set out the requirements on a community body which is holding a ballot under section 52 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 on the question of whether to proceed with a land purchase. Regulation 2 provides that there be a secret ballot and that it should be conducted in a fair and reasonable manner. Under regulation 3 the community body is required to ascertain from the voters roll who is eligible to vote in the ballot.

These Regulations provide for the procedure by and manner in which compensation for loss or expense may be claimed by any person (other than a community body) from the Scottish Ministers under section 63 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003.

These Regulations set out the requirements on a crofting community body which is holding a ballot under section 75 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 on the question of whether to proceed with a land purchase. Regulation 2 provides that there be a secret ballot and that it should be conducted in a fair and reasonable manner. Under regulation 3 the crofting community body is required to ascertain from the voters roll who is eligible to vote in the ballot, and in addition to identify tenants of crofts who are eligible voters.

This Order provides for the procedure by and manner in which compensation for loss or expense may be claimed by any person, including an owner of land or sporting interests, under section 89 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act.

These Regulations specify the forms which must be used in connection with various procedures under Part 2 the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. Regulation 2 specifies that an application by a community body to register an interest in land under section 37(1) of the Act should be in or as near as may be in the form in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

This Decree, composed of 4 articles, declares of social interest, for the purposes of the agrarian reform, the following rural properties: "Fazenda Laje III”, in the Municipality of Alto Rio Novo, Espírito Santo State; "Fazenda Laje II", in the Municipality of Alto Rio Novo, Espírito Santo State; "Fazenda Laje I, in the Municipality of Alto Rio Novo, Espírito Santo State; “Fazenda Laje IV”, in the Municipality of Alto Rio Novo, Espírito Santo State; “Fazenda Aldeia”in the Municipality of Buriti, Maranhão State; "Chapada da Boa Vista", in the Municipality of Rio Grande do Piauí, Piauí State;

This Decree, composed of 4 articles, declares of social interest, for the purposes of the agrarian reform, the following rural properties: “Fazenda Vale do Sol", in the Municipality of Tucuruí, Pará State; “Fazenda Belo Horizonte II", in the Municipality of São Domingos do Araguaia, Pará State; "Fazenda São José”, in the Municipality of Águas Belas, Pernambuco State; “Fazenda Várzea da Roça”, in the Municipality of Parnamirim, Pernambuco State; "Buraco Seco e São João”, in the Municipality of João Câmara, Rio Grande do Norte State; "Fazenda Boa Esperança", in the Municipality of São Miguel