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Long Leases (Scotland) Act 1954 (c. 49)

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Long Leases (Scotland) Act 1954

1954 CHAPTER 49 2_and_3_Eliz_2

Contents

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  1. Part I

    Grant of Feu Right of Property Let under certain Long Leases

    1. General provisions relating to grant of feu right

      1. 1. Lessee or sub-lessee under certain long leases may require landlord to grant feu right

      2. 2. Lessee or sub-lessee deemed to be occupying lessee in certain circumstances

      3. 3. Occupying lessee acquiring right on or after 10th May, 1951, not entitled to require grant of feu right

      4. 4. Refusal of grant of feu right on ground of public interest

      5. 5. Power to certain landlords who have acquired property for occupation as residence, etc., to apply to sheriff for declarator refusing grant of feu right

    2. Notice requiring grant of feu right

      1. 6. Notice requiring grant of feu right

    3. Payments to be made where feu right granted

      1. 7. Sums payable to landlord by occupying lessee in respect of feu right of subjects let under lease with one hundred years or less unexpired

      2. 8. Feu-duty payable in respect of feu right of subjects let under lease with over one hundred years unexpired

      3. 9. Payment to be made to intermediate landlord by occupying lessee on grant of feu right

      4. 10. Payments to creditors

    4. Conveyancing provisions

      1. 11. Feu contract to be entered into on grant of feu right

      2. 12. Rights to minerals

      3. 13. Execution of feu contract

      4. 14. Provisions where lease or sub-lease assigned byex facieabsolute assignation

    5. Continuation of certain leases and sub-leases

      1. 15. Continuation of leases and sub-leases expiring within five years after commencement of Act

      2. 16. Power to occupying lessee to exclude operation of s. 15

      3. 17. Restriction on exercise of option to terminate lease or sub-lease

    6. Supplementary provisions

      1. 18. Rules for determining duration of lease or sub-lease

      2. 19. Rules for determining rent payable under lease or sub-lease

      3. 20. Apportionment of rent

      4. 21. Provisions regarding securities

      5. 22. Expenses to be borne by occupying lessee

      6. 23. Provisions regarding notices, etc

      7. 24. Provisions regarding heirs of entail, etc

    7. Interpretation of Part I

      1. 25. Interpretation of Part I

  2. Part II

    Extension and Amendment of Registration of Leases (Scotland) Act, 1857

    1. 26. Extension of 20 & 21 Vict. c. 26

    2. 27.†Amendment of s. 18 of 20 & 21 Vict. c. 26

  3. Part III

    General

    1. 28. Applications to sheriff

    2. 29. Application to Crown

    3. 30. Construction of references to enactments

    4. 31. Citation, commencement and extent

  4. FIRST SCHEDULE

    Form of Notice to be given by an Occupying Lessee who desires the Grant of a Feu Right under Part I of this Act

  5. SECOND SCHEDULE

    Determination of the Appropriate Amount in respect of Casualties Payable under a Lease or a Sub-Lease

  6. THIRD SCHEDULE

    Table referred to in Paragraph (a) of Subsection (1) of Section Nine of this Act

  7. FOURTH SCHEDULE

    Form of Feu Contract to be used in the Grant of a Feu Right under Part I of this Act

  8. FIFTH SCHEDULE

    Table referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section eighteen of this Act of the expectancy of life of an identifiable person in existence

An Act to enable lessees and sub-lessees occupying residential property in Scotland under certain long leases to obtain a feu right of such property on certain conditions; to extend and amend the Registration of Leases (Scotland) Act, 1857; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

[30th July 1954]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3