The term “owner-occupier” has now been defined in law. The Commission will recognise a person as an owner-occupier crofter if they are the owner of a croft and they were either the tenant of the croft when the croft land was acquired or a crofter’s nominee or an individual who purchased the croft from the landlord (or a successor in title to any of those persons). In addition, the croft must not have been let to any person as a crofter since it was acquired as a croft.