Commentary on Sections The cadastral map Section 11: The cadastral map
52.This section provides detail on the content of the cadastral map. The cadastral map is a map of registered land rights in Scotland, showing, in particular, cadastral units (see section 12).
53.Subsection (1) of section 11 provides that the entry on the cadastral map for a cadastral unit is a data set that will show the boundaries of the cadastral unit. The description of the property as set out in the property section of the title sheet will make reference to the cadastral unit number.
54.Subsection (3) permits, but does not compel, three-dimensional mapping.
55.Subsections (5) and (6) make provision for the base map, on which the cadastral map is to be based. The default base map is to be the Ordnance Map maintained by the Ordnance Survey. The Keeper may use a different system of mapping as the base map if the Keeper considers that appropriate. The base map may be a combination of the Ordnance Map and such a different system.
56.Subsection (7) allows the Keeper to make consequential changes to the Land Register when the base map is updated. In practice, this means that where the Ordnance Map is improved, the boundaries of cadastral units can be adjusted as long as the adjustment falls within the Ordnance Survey mapping specifications for the base map.
57.Subsection (9) is a marker to note that there is an exception to the general rules on mapping in the cadastral map in section 16 for tenements and other flatted buildings.