The Act – Section by Section Part 2: Miscellaneous Amendments Section 27: Amendment of Transport (Scotland) Act 2001
90.This section inserts new subsections (1A) and (1B) into section 70 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001.
91.New subsection (1A) allows the Scottish Ministers to make a grant or loan in respect of the purchase of eligible properties the use or enjoyment of which are or may be seriously affected by the construction or operation of a development authorised under section 1 of this Act or by a development authorised through earlier legislation but which, had it been in place at the time, could have been authorised by provisions within this Act.
92.New subsection (1B) provides a definition of qualifying interest which comprises not only an interest in domestic property but also I relevant agricultural property and in certain cases in other non-domestic property