Land reform measures passed by Scottish Parliament


The Land Reform Bill will allow the Scottish Government to order sell-offs of parts of estates in Scotland if they are judged to block economic development.
Changes to tenant farming legislation will allow these to be passed on for the first time, while tax breaks for sporting estates will come to an end.
The Scottish Government yesterday unveiled a
£10 million fund to help community buy-outs.
Land reform minister
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Hide AdAileen MacLeod said: “We have restructured the fund to ensure support is available to communities from the idea stages right through to project development.”
But the changes have come under fire from the country’s landowners.
David Johnstone, chairman of Scottish land and Estates, said; “We feel that all these measures combined could have a serious effect on investment in rural Scotland.”