Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995

The Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951 (c. 65)

9 (1) Section 27 of the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951 (renewal of tenancy expiring during period of service or within two months thereafter) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), for the words from “are an agricultural holding” onwards there shall be substituted—

“(a) are an agricultural holding (within the meaning of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986) held under a tenancy in relation to which that Act applies,

(b) are a holding (other than a holding excepted from this provision) held under a farm business tenancy, or

(c) consist of or comprise premises (other than premises excepted from this provision) licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor for consumption on the premises.”

(3) In subsection (5), after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—

“(bb) the expressions “farm business tenancy” and “holding”, in relation to such a tenancy, have the same meaning as in the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995;”.

(4) After that subsection, there shall be inserted—

“(5A) In paragraph (b) of the proviso to subsection (1) of this section the reference to a holding excepted from the provision is a reference to a holding held under a farm business tenancy in which there is comprised a dwelling-house occupied by the person responsible for the control (whether as tenant or servant or agent of the tenant) of the management of the holding.”

(5) In subsection (6), for the words from the beginning to “liquor” there shall be substituted “In paragraph (c) of the proviso to subsection (1) of this section, the reference to premises excepted from the provision”.