Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1995 c. 7
Year1995
(1) Subject to subsection (2) below and any other enactment, writing shall not be required for the constitution of a contract, unilateral obligation or trust.a contract or unilateral obligation for the creation, transfer, variation or extinction of F2a real right in land;a gratuitous unilateral obligation except an obligation undertaken in the course of business; anda trust whereby a person declares himself to be sole trustee of his own property or any property which he may acquire;the creation, transfer, variation or extinction of F2a real right in land otherwise than by the operation of a court decree, enactment or rule of law; and the constitution of an agreement under section 66(1) of the Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 5) , the making of any will, testamentary trust disposition and settlement or codicil.(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(2B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .the second person shall not be entitled to withdraw from the contract, obligation or trust; andthe contract, obligation

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