What UK Agricultural Holdings Act 1986: Security of Tenure, Notices to Quit, Rent Arbitration, Succession and Tenant Compensation requires
The Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 is the consolidating statute governing agricultural tenancies in England and Wales that were granted before 1 September 1995 (tenancies granted on or after that date are farm business tenancies under the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995), administered through the tribunal and arbitration system. Part I provides the framework: section 1 sets out the principal definitions including the meaning of agricultural holding, section 2 restricts the letting of agricultural land for less than a tenancy from year to year, and section 3 provides that a tenancy for two years or more continues from year to year unless terminated by notice. Part III governs notices to quit and is the heart of the security-of-tenure regime: section 25 fixes the length of a notice to quit (generally not less than twelve months), section 26 restricts the operation of a notice to quit by giving the tenant the right to serve a counter-notice requiring the consent of the Agricultural Land Tribunal, and Schedule 3 sets out the Cases (A to H) in which the Tribunal's consent is not required, including grounds relating to bad husbandry, non-payment of rent, breach, death of the tenant and ministerial certificates. Part II includes section 12, providing for arbitration or third-party determination of rent on a rent review. Part IV provides for succession on death or retirement: section 36 confers a right on an eligible person to apply for a new tenancy on the death of the tenant and section 50 a right to apply on the tenant's retirement. Part V governs compensation on termination: section 60 provides the right to and measure of compensation for disturbance and section 64 the tenant's right to compensation for improvements. The Act is the legacy security-of-tenure code that still protects long-standing farm tenants and their successors.
Pillar: Agriculture & Agritech · Authority: UK Parliament / Agricultural Land Tribunal and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/5/contents
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- Agricultural Holdings Act 1986, section 1 - principal definitions, including the meaning of agricultural holding.
- Agricultural Holdings Act 1986, section 2 - restriction on letting agricultural land for less than from year to year; section 3 continuation from year to year unless terminated by notice.
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