Commencement provisions and operational areas 1.7 The system of land registration in Scotland was introduced by the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979. The Act was supplemented by the Land Registration (Scotland) Rules 1980¹⁰, which provided the tools to operate the new system. The original Rules have been enhanced by four sets of Land Registration (Scotland) (Amendment) Rules promulgated under section 27¹¹. The Land Register came into being on 4 April 1979, the date on which section 1 came into force. Certain miscellaneous provisions of the Act (sections 16 to 23) which do not relate exclusively to registration of title also came into force on that date. In terms of section 30, however, the main provisions relating to land registration only come into force on such day or days as the First Minister may appoint by statutory instrument. The Act envisaged the progressive introduction of the land register over Scotland on an area by  area basis,  each  area  corresponding  to  an  existing registration Division  of  the  General  Register  of Sasines. In some cases more than one such area is designated as an operational area at the same time. 1.8 The first commencement order (Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1980¹²) brought the registration provisions into force for the county of Renfrew on 6 April 1981. It was envisaged  that  land  registration  would  extend  to  the  rest  of  the  counties  under  a  nine  year  rolling programme. Although this original projection proved over-optimistic, progress is being made and so far 22 counties have become Land Register operational areas. The remaining 11 counties are scheduled to become operational areas by April 2003. The operational areas and the commencement dates on which they became so are as follows: AREA DATE OF COMMENCEMENT ORDER County of Renfrew 6 April 1981 S.I. 1980 No. 1412 County of Dumbarton 4 October 1982 S.I. 1982 No. 520 County of Lanark 3 January 1984 S.I. 1983 No. 745 County of the Barony and Regality of Glasgow 30 September 1985 S.I. 1985 No. 501 County of Clackmannan 1 October 1992 S.I. 1992 No. 815 County of Stirling 1 April 1993 S.I. 1992 No. 2060 County of West Lothian 1 October 1993 S.I. 1993 No. 922. County of Fife 1 April 1995 S.I. 1994 No. 2588 County of Aberdeen 1 April 1996 S.I. 1995 No. 2547 County of Kincardine 1 April 1996 S.I. 1995 No. 2547 County of Ayr 1 April 1997 S.I. 1996 No. 2490 County of Dumfries 1 April 1997 S.I. 1996 No. 2490 County of Kirkcudbright 1 April 1997 S.I. 1996 No. 2490 County of Wigtown 1 April 1997 S.I. 1996 No. 2490 County of Angus 1 April 1999 S.I. 1998 No. 1810 County of Kinross 1 April 1999 S.I. 1998 No. 1810 County of Perth 1 April 1999 S.I. 1998 No. 1810 County of Berwick 1 October 1999 S.I. 1998 No. 2980 County of East Lothian 1 October 1999 S.I. 1998 No. 2980 County of Peebles 1 October 1999 S.I. 1998 No. 2980 County of Roxburgh 1 October 1999 S.I. 1998 No. 2980 County of Selkirk 1 October 1999 S.I. 1998 No. 2980

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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