Full Description
This edition includes an up-to-date version of the Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023 and the main statutory instruments associated with it, including the Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023 (Financial Collateral Arrangements and Financial Instruments) (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025, SI 2025/275 which extends the scope of the legislation to financial collateral and financial instruments.
It also takes into account the significant changes to the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 made by the by the Prescription (Scotland) Act 2018.
Avizandum Statutes are designed specifically to provide undergraduates at Scottish universities with legislation and, where appropriate, other core materials in a readily accessible format. All materials have been selected on the basis of their relevance to university courses and appear in updated form. The lack of annotation and commentary means that the volumes are ideal for use in examinations.
Contents
Preface
PART I: PROPERTY
Statutes
Royal Mines Act 1424
Leases Act 1449
Mines and Metals Act 1592
Registration Act 1617
Real Rights Act 1693
Registration of Leases (Scotland) Act 1857
Land Registers (Scotland) Act 1868, ss 3, 6-6B
Titles to Land Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1868
Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1874
Heritable Securities (Scotland) Act 1894
Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1924
Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970, Part II (ss 9-32), ss 40-43, 45, 51-54, Schs 2-9
Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973, Part I (ss 1-16), Schs 1-3
Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974, ss 2, 8-12, 16, 17, 21-24, Sch 5
Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979, ss 15, 16
Sale of Goods Act 1979, ss 2, 5, 12, 16-21, 23-25, 62
Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981 ss 1-3, 18-20, 22
Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985, ss 24-26
Companies Act 1985, ss 462-464
Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985, ss 4-5, 8-9
Insolvency Act 1986, ss 53(7), 60
Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995
Contract (Scotland) Act 1997
Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc (Scotland) Act 2000, ss 1-2, 5-6, 17-19, 24-25, 27-28A, 33-49, 54, 58-77
Mortgage Rights (Scotland) Act 2001, ss 4-7, Schedule, Pt 2
Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, Part 1 (ss 1-32)
Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003
Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004
Housing (Scotland) Act 2006, ss 50, 98-119
Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006, ss 25-27, 39
Companies Act 2006, ss 859A-859Q, 893
Bankruptcy and Diligence etc (Scotland) Act 2007, s 208
Land Registration etc (Scotland) Act 2012
Legal Writings (Counterparts and Delivery) (Scotland) Act 2015
Consumer Rights Act 2015, ss 3-5, 8, 17, 29, 31
Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016, Part 3 (ss 39-43)
Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016, ss 78-79, 87-88
Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023
Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023
Other Materials
Matrimonial Homes (Form of Consent) (Scotland) Regulations 1982
Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Conservation Bodies) Order 2003
Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Rural Housing Bodies) Order 2004
Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 (Prescribed Risks) Order 2007
Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Development Management Scheme) Order 2009
Applications by Creditors (Pre-action Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2010
Land Register Rules etc (Scotland) Regulations 2014
Electronic Documents (Scotland) Regulations 2014
Moveable Transactions (Forms) (Scotland) Regulations 2024
Moveable Transactions (Register of Assignations and Register of Statutory Pledges Rules)
Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023 (Financial Collateral Arrangements and Financial Instruments) (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025
European Convention on Human Rights, arts 6, 8 and Protocol 1, art 1
PART II: TRUSTS AND SUCCESSION
Act of Sederunt Anent Executors-Creditors of 28 February 1662
Trusts (Scotland) Act 1961
Wills Act 1963
Succession (Scotland) Act 1964
Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1966, s 6
Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968, s 18
Presumption of Death (Scotland) Act 1977
Forfeiture Act 1982
Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990, ss 9-11
Civil Partnership Act 2004, s 131
Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, ss 1-17, 21-23, 28-35, 38-45B, 49-55, 66-70A, 99, 106
Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006, s 29
Succession (Scotland) Act 2016
Succession (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2016, reg 3
Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024
Index of Statutes
