Whether it has any plans to review the registers of land holdings to include options to purchase land.

The Registers of ScotlandExecutive Agency is responsible for maintaining registers relating to propertyand other legal documents, and in particular the two national registers oftitle and ownership of land, namely the Register of Sasines and the LandRegister. Options to have a right of first purchase in the event of land comingup for sale, in the form of rights of pre-emption and redemption, can beregistered in the appropriate register.
The Scottish Law Commissionis currently reviewing the operation of the Land Register, which was introducedby the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979. Scottish ministers will consider theoutcome of this review.
A new Register of CommunityInterests in Land will be introduced early in 2004. This register, which willbe maintained by the Registers of Scotland, will hold registrations of interestin acquiring rural land made by community bodies, in terms of part 2 of theLand Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. It will also hold registrations ofinterest in acquiring rented land which part 2 of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland)Act 2003 permits certain agricultural tenants to make. Where a landownerproposes to sell land that is subject to a valid registration, the communitybody or tenant registering interest will have a pre-emptive right to purchasethe land.