The Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Bill has now been introduced in the Scottish Parliament. The Bill:

• reforms and restates the law on the registration of rights to land in the land register;
• enables electronic conveyancing and registration of electronic documents in the land register;
• provides for the closure of the Register of Sasines;
• allows electronic documents to be used for certain contracts, unilateral obligations and trusts that must be constituted by writing; and
• provides for the formal validity of electronic documents and for their registration.

The Bill is available from the Scottish Parliament here

The explanatory notes are available here.