Further to the answer to question S1W-19713 by Iain Gray on 26 November 2001, what evidence is required for the registration of Udal land.

I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-19713. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa. Properties in Orkney and Shetland which have written title deeds recorded in the Register of Sasines will be treated in the same way as property owned in mainland Scotland for registration purposes. No special evidence should be required.The Keeper of the Registers of Scotland has recently had discussions with solicitors in Orkney and Shetland and has been given to understand that there are very few properties in the islands for which title deeds have not been previously recorded in the Register of Sasines. In these few cases where Udal property is still held on the basis of succession and possession, without prior written title deeds, the keeper is prepared to consider sympathetically whatever evidence the applicants for registration are able to provide
- for example, family trees, affidavits from third parties and written title deeds for adjoining property.