Report on Abolition of the Feudal System :Contents


*Report on Abolition of the Feudal System*

Scottish Law Commission (SCOT LAW COM No 168)
	ISBN 0-10-292499-6	Publisher The Stationery Office	Price £22.50

Contents

Covering Letter Abbreviations Note on Feudal Terminology
	Paragraph
PART 1 - INTRODUCTION
Our remit	1.1
The rise and fall of the feudal system	1.7
Earlier recommendations for abolition	1.13
Our discussion paper	1.14
The case for abolition	1.16
Some essential definitions	1.20
The feudal system of land tenure	1.20
Land	1.22
The appointed day	1.23
Our main recommendations	1.24
Matters not covered	1.29
The discussion paper on real burdens	1.31
The draft Bill	1.32
Which Parliament?	1.33
Acknowledgments	1.34
PART 2 - ABOLITION
Introduction	2.1
The proposals in the discussion paper	2.2
Recommendation: complete abolition	2.5
Conditionality of ownership	2.6
No new feus	2.8
Limitation on length of new leases	2.9
Purported transfers of non-existent interests	2.10
Crown rights	2.14
The Prince and Steward of Scotland	2.28
Peers and holders of ancient offices	2.30
Barons	2.31
Introduction	2.31
Proposals in the discussion paper	2.34
Responses to discussion paper	2.35
Assessment	2.38
Competence of the Scottish Parliament	2.43
Recommendation	2.45
Protection for Keeper of the Registers	2.46
Saving for jurisdiction of Lord Lyon	2.51
PART 3 - FEUDUTY
Introduction	3.1
Cumulo feuduties and allocated feuduties	3.3
Apportioned feuduties and collectors	3.5
Feuduties already extinguished	3.7
Extinction of remaining feuduties	3.8
The scheme proposed in the discussion paper	3.9
Basis of compensation	3.12
Compensation due only where claimed	3.14
Time scale	3.20
Enforcement	3.21
Payment by instalments	3.23
Service	3.28
Crystallisation of liability	3.33
Negative prescription	3.38
Disputes as to liability	3.41
Blench duty	3.42
Over-feuduty	3.43
Receipts	3.44
Transitional arrangements	3.45
Unpaid feuduty	3.45
Ongoing redemptions	3.46
Abolition of securities	3.48
Ongoing allocations	3.49
Payments analogous to feuduties	3.51
Mines of gold and silver	3.56
PART 4 - REAL BURDENS
Real burdens and feudalism	4.1
The nature of real burdens	4.5
General characteristics	4.5
Neighbour burdens	4.7
Community burdens	4.8
Feudal burdens	4.9
Reform	4.13
Extinction of feudal burdens	4.16
Removal of burdens from the Land Register	4.21
Converting feudal burdens to neighbour burdens	4.26
The need for special provision	4.26
The first condition: registration of a notice	4.32
The second condition: building within 100 metres	4.33
Rights of pre-emption and redemption	4.37
Burdens conferring a right of use	4.38
Burdens for the benefit of minerals or salmon fishings	4.39
A discretion beyond 100 metres?	4.40
Effect of conversion	4.46
Converted neighbour burdens: division of dominant tenement	4.48
Maritime burdens	4.51
Converting feudal burdens to conservation burdens	4.52
The need for special provision	4.52
Conservation bodies and conservation burdens	4.55
Assignation	4.57
Holder ceasing to be a conservation body	4.58
Standard securities	4.59
Variation or discharge by the Lands Tribunal	4.60
One choice	4.62
Notices	4.64
Oath or affirmation	4.65
Service	4.66
Separate notices and combined notices	4.67
Invalidity	4.69
Refusal of registration	4.70
Challenges	4.73
Restriction or discharge	4.77
Common facilities	4.78
Maintenance	4.79
Use	4.84
Interest to enforce	4.86
Miscellaneous	4.87
Neighbouring land as implied dominant tenement	4.87
Real burdens as contractual terms	4.88
Irritancy	4.89
Pecuniary real burdens	4.90
Transitional provisions	4.91
Superiors’ obligations	4.92
General abolition	4.92
Obligation to deliver title deeds	4.97
Sheltered housing	4.98
PART 5 - COMPENSATION
Introduction	5.1
Treatment in discussion paper	5.2
Results of consultation on discussion paper	5.7
Supplementary consultation	5.8
General approach	5.9
Compensation for loss of right to feuduty	5.13
Compensation for loss of development value real burden	5.14
The nature of the problem	5.14
Need for compensation	5.20
Criteria to be satisfied	5.21
Timing of claim for compensation	5.25
Need for notice	5.26
Effect of notice	5.34
Right to claim compensation	5.35
Time limits	5.37
Amount of compensation	5.41
No double claim	5.47
The role of the Lands Tribunal	5.48
Clearing the registers	5.54
Burden of proof	5.57
No compensation for loss of right to enforce other restrictions	5.58
No compensation for loss of right to exact fees for waivers	5.60
No compensation for loss of bare superiority	5.61
No compensation for change in nature of baronies	5.62
Human rights	5.65
PART 6 - OTHER RIGHTS HELD BY SUPERIORS
Introduction	6.1
Minerals	6.4
Salmon fishings	6.7
Mixed estate	6.10
Pecuniary real burdens	6.13
Reversions	6.16
Servitudes	6.17
Fishing and game rights	6.22
Express grant	6.23
Express reservation: exclusive rights	6.25
Express reservation: non-exclusive rights	6.30
Conclusion	6.35
Church seats	6.36
PART 7 - TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP
Infeftment and transfer	7.1
The new system of land transfer	7.6
Salmon fishings and other incorporeal separate tenements	7.14
Udal and other allodial land	7.19
Miscellaneous issues	7.24
Form of disposition	7.24
Deduction of title	7.26
Notarial instruments	7.27
Warrants of registration	7.34
Grants by the Crown	7.37
Proper liferents and other real rights	7.38
PART 8 - NON-STANDARD TENURES
Burgage tenure	8.1
Booking tenure	8.3
Kindly tenants of Lochmaben	8.4
History	8.5
Nature	8.6
From kindly tenancy to ownership	8.9
Rental rights	8.10
Tenancies at will	8.12
PART 9 - AMENDMENTS, REPEALS AND CONVEYANCING REFORMS
Introduction	9.1
Eliminating feudal terminology	9.2
Obviously feudal terms	9.2
"Estate or interest in land"	9.3
A general translation provision	9.6
Power to make further amendments	9.7
Entails	9.8
Consequences of abolition of teinds, stipends and standard charges	9.18
Crown writs	9.19
Service of heirs	9.21
Thirlage	9.23
Partnerships and feudal property	9.24
Other conveyancing amendments and repeals	9.29
Notarial instruments and warrants of registration	9.29
Time limit for registering conveyance on compulsory purchase	9.30
Heritable securities	9.31
Other obsolete material	9.32
Descriptions in standard securities	9.33
Limitation on length of new leases	9.40
PART 10 - LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS
Appendix A
Draft Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Bill
Appendix B
List of those who submitted written comments on Discussion Paper No 93

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