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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Statements (49)

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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Crofting Acts

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 ⓘ
linked to: Crofting Acts
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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Referenced by (8)

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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
Crofters Commission → appliesLegislation → Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955 ⓘ
linked to: Crofting Acts