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(1)Only one community body may exercise the right to buy land in which two or more community bodies have registered community interests.
(2)Where two or more community bodies have confirmed that they will exercise their rights to buy such land it is for Ministers to decide which one is to proceed.
(3)On Ministers so deciding—
(a)the other community body’s right to buy the land is extinguished; and
(b)they shall—
(i)direct the Keeper to delete its interest from the Register; and
(ii)notify the owner of the land and the community bodies of that fact.
(4)Where a community body has confirmed that it will buy the land as respects which a crofting community body has applied to Ministers under section 73 below for consent to exercise the right to buy, it is for Ministers to decide which body is to proceed.
(5)Where Ministers decide that the crofting community body is to proceed—
(a)the community body’s right to buy the land is extinguished; and
(b)they shall—
(i)direct the Keeper to delete its interest from the Register; and
(ii)notify the owner of the land, the crofting community body and the community body of that fact.
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