The Act Part 5 – General and Miscellaneous Section 52: Pre-consolidation modifications of enactments relating to crofting
133.This section of the Act allows the Scottish Ministers, by order, to make modifications of enactments relating to crofting which they consider facilitate, or are desirable for, consolidating the law on crofting. Subsection (2) prevents the Scottish Ministers from making such an order unless a crofting consolidation bill has been introduced to the Scottish Parliament. Subsection (3) will result in the order modifying enactments coming into force immediately before the commencement of a consolidation Act resulting from such a Bill.