What options do I have to comply with the crofting duties?

The best way to address non-compliance is to be ordinarily resident and utilise the croft personally. A tenant crofter may apply to assign or sublet their tenancy, if the Crofting Commission accepts the application, the duties requirement passes to the new tenant or subtenant. A tenant crofter may renounce the tenancy to the landlord; it then becomes the responsibility of the landlord to find a new tenant who will comply with the duties of crofting. An owner-occupier crofter can transfer (sell) the whole croft to a person of their choice. The Commission is not involved in this transfer of crofts but there is a requirement to notify the Commission once the transfer is complete. The new owner of the croft is accountable for the compliance of duties.

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