Introduction Part 2:  Tenant’s Right to Buy Land Section 37: Appeal to the Lands Tribunal against valuation
116.This section provides both the seller and the tenant with a right of appeal to the Lands Tribunal for Scotland against the valuation of the land reached by the valuer under section 34. Such an appeal must state the grounds on which it is being made and must be lodged within 21 days of notification of the valuation given by the valuer (see subsection (2)).
117.Subsection (3) allows the Lands Tribunal to reassess the value of the land, and any factor affecting its value, or the value of an estate and how any reduction of the value of an estate is to be apportioned under section 34(5) and to determine the price payable by the the tenant under section 34(8). Subsection (4) permits the valuer whose valuation is being appealed against to be a witness in the appeal proceedings. Subsection (5) sets out the people who, in addition to the seller and tenant, are entitled to be heard in the appeal proceedings.
118.Subsection (6) requires the Lands Tribunal to give reasons for its decision on an appeal and to issue those reasons in writing. Subsection (7) provides that the decision of the Lands Tribunal in an appeal under this section is final.