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(2) Subject  to  subsection  (3)(b)  below,  the  powers  of  the  court  and  of  the  Lands  Tribunal  for Scotland to deal with questions of heritable right or title shall include power to make orders for the purposes of subsection (1) above. (3) If rectification under subsection (1) above would prejudice a proprietor in possession- (a)   the Keeper may exercise his power to rectify only where (i)    the  purpose  of  the  rectification  is  to  note  an  overriding  interest  or  to  correct  any information in the register relating to an overriding interest; (ii)   all persons whose interests in land are likely to be affected by the rectification have been informed by the Keeper of his intention to rectify and have consented in writing; (iii)  the inaccuracy has been caused wholly or substantially by the fraud or carelessness of the proprietor in possession; or (iv)  the rectification relates to a matter in respect of which indemnity has been excluded under section 12(2) of this Act; (b)   the court or the Lands Tribunal for Scotland may order the Keeper to rectify only where sub- paragraph (i), (iii) or (iv) of paragraph (a) above applies or the rectification is consequential on the making of  an  order under section  8  of the Law  Reform  (Miscellaneous  Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985. (3A) Where a rectification of an entry in the register is consequential on the making of an order under section 8 of the said Act of 1985, the entry shall have effect as rectified as from the date when the entry was made: Provided that the court, for the purpose of protecting the interests of a person to whom section 9 of that Act applies, may order that the rectification shall have effect as from such later date as it may specify. (4) In this section- (a)   “the court” means any court having jurisdiction in questions of heritable right or title; (b)  “overriding interest” does not include the interest of (i) a lessee under a lease which is not a  long  lease  and  (ii)  a  non-entitled  spouse  within  the  meaning  of  section  6  of  the Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981. Positive prescription in respect of registered interests in land 10.     Section 1 of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) 1975 shall have effect as if— (a)  after  “followed”  in  paragraph  (b)  of  subsection  (1)  there  were  inserted  “(i)”  and  for  the words from “then” to the end of that subsection there were inserted “, or (ii)   registration of that interest in favour of that person in the Land Register of Scotland, subject  to  an  exclusion  of  indemnity  under  section  12(2)  of  the  Land  Registration (Scotland) Act 1979, then, as from the expiration of the said period, the validity of the title so far as relating to the said interest in the particular land shall be exempt from challenge. (1A)Subsection (1) above shall not apply where— (a)   possession was founded on the recording of a deed which is invalid ex facie  or was forged; or (b)  possession was founded on registration in respect of an interest in land in the Land Register of Scotland proceeding on a forged deed and the person appearing from the