In brief, these were:
The creation of Modern Limited Duration Tenancies and provision to convert 1991 Act tenancies or Limited Duration Tenancies into MLDTs;
The creation of Repairing Tenancies;
Removal of the requirement to register for tenant’s right to buy;
Creation of a process enabling a tenant to apply to the Scottish Land Court to order the sale of their holding where the landlord persistently fails to meet their obligations under certain circumstances;
simplifying and improving the process for triggering and carrying out a rent review for certain tenancies;
widening the categories of people to whom a tenant farmer can assign or leave their tenancy upon death;
providing for tenants to relinquish their tenancy in exchange for compensation, for instance, at retirement, or, in certain situations, to assign their tenancy to a new entrant or person progressing within farming.