The Act provides that the rights to the minerals under
the croft land, may also be acquired but the crofting
community will not be bound to buy them. It further
provides that the mineral rights can be purchased when the
land is acquired or within the next 5 years. The time limit
is intended to provide an element of certainty as otherwise
owners of these interests in land acquired by a crofting
community would not be prepared to invest in development of
minerals .