What UK Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995: Farm Business Tenancies, Notice to Quit, Rent Review and Tenant Compensation requires
The Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995 governs farm business tenancies in England and Wales, the regime that replaced the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 security-of-tenure model for tenancies granted on or after 1 September 1995. Part I defines the tenancy: section 1 sets out the meaning of a farm business tenancy by reference to the business condition (the land is farmed for the purposes of a trade or business), the agriculture condition (the character of the tenancy is primarily or wholly agricultural), and the notice conditions; section 2 lists tenancies which cannot be farm business tenancies; and section 4 provides that the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 does not apply to new tenancies except in special cases. Termination is governed by sections 5 to 8: section 5 provides that a tenancy for more than two years continues from year to year unless terminated by notice, section 6 fixes the length of a notice to quit (not less than twelve months nor more than twenty-four months), and section 8 preserves the tenant's right to remove fixtures and buildings. Part II governs rent review: section 10 sets the procedure for a notice requiring a statutory rent review and section 13 governs the amount of rent determined on review. Part III governs compensation on termination: section 15 defines a tenant's improvement, section 16 confers the right to compensation for a tenant's improvement, section 17 makes the landlord's consent a condition of compensation, and section 20 governs the amount. Part IV provides for resolution of disputes, with section 28 directing disputes to arbitration and section 30 setting general arbitration provisions. The Act is the legal framework that liberalised agricultural letting in England and Wales while preserving rent-review and tenant-improvement compensation through arbitration.
Pillar: Agriculture & Agritech · Authority: UK Parliament / Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/8/contents
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- Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995, section 1 - meaning of farm business tenancy (business condition, agriculture condition and notice conditions).
- Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995, section 2 - tenancies which cannot be farm business tenancies.
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