When must a qualifying Crofting Commission appeal reach the Land Court?

Section52A ordinarily requires an appeal within42 calendar days after the Commission disposes of the application. Use actual disposal, rather than later receipt. The section25(8) and38A routes are excluded.

Responsible actor. Applicant or another person with an interest in the application.

Identify actual Commission disposal of the application.

The appeal concerns a section52A decision, determination, direction or condition on an application under the1993 Act. Section25(8) and section38A routes are excluded.

Only the exact supported ordinary branch is calculated. Standing, competence, changed periods, required forms, copies and actual completion must be established.

1. Exclude the actual event day. Count the exact calendar-day period for the confirmed branch.
2. Check the required document, destination, copies and actual cutoff.

Exclude the actual event day. Count the exact calendar-day period for the confirmed branch.

Calendar days include weekends and holidays. No automatic court-holiday extension is inferred for this Act period. Check actual completion and act earlier where necessary.

Fictitious example

Fictional facts. actual Commission disposal of the application is established as Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Selected branch. Decision on application branch applies. All ordinary source conditions and the actual completion route are established.

Fictitious established facts. These examples do not establish eligibility, effective service, relief or a direction.

Source condition 1

The appeal concerns a section52A decision, determination, direction or condition on an application under the1993 Act. Section25(8) and section38A routes are excluded.

Source condition 2

The appellant is the applicant or a person with an interest. An actual section52A(3) ground applies.

Source condition 3

I established when the Commission actually disposed of the application. Receipt of correspondence, entry on a register or a later step does not replace it.

Source condition 4

Land Court Rule116 governs periods in Rules or orders. It is not assumed to extend this Act period. The actual filing process and any competence issue have been checked.

Source condition 5

The ordinary current statutory period applies. No order, extension, postponement, suspension, historical transition or discretionary late permission changes it. Actual timely receipt, copies and the applicable cutoff remain required.

• Only the exact supported ordinary branch is calculated. Standing, competence, changed periods, required forms, copies and actual completion must be established.
• Other procedures have different actors, events, periods and completion requirements. The selected branch does not replace those duties.

• The appeal concerns a section52A decision, determination, direction or condition on an application under the1993 Act. Section25(8) and section38A routes are excluded.
• The appellant is the applicant or a person with an interest. An actual section52A(3) ground applies.
• I established when the Commission actually disposed of the application. Receipt of correspondence, entry on a register or a later step does not replace it.
• Land Court Rule116 governs periods in Rules or orders. It is not assumed to extend this Act period. The actual filing process and any competence issue have been checked.
• The ordinary current statutory period applies. No order, extension, postponement, suspension, historical transition or discretionary late permission changes it. Actual timely receipt, copies and the applicable cutoff remain required.
• Only the exact supported ordinary branch is calculated. Standing, competence, changed periods, required forms, copies and actual completion must be established.