SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Agricultural tenancies

PART 1Amendments to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986

Succession on death or retirement: condition relating to occupation of commercial unit

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1

Section 50 (right to apply for new tenancy on retirement of tenant) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (2)—

a

omit the words from “(subject to” to “subsection (4) below)”;

b

for “conditions are” substitute “ condition is ”;

c

omit paragraph (b) and the preceding “and”.

3

For subsection (4) substitute—

4

For the purposes of the condition in subsection (2)(a), any period during which a close relative of the retiring tenant was, in the period of seven years mentioned in that condition, attending a full-time course at a university, college or other establishment of higher or further education shall be treated as a period throughout which the relative's only or principal source of livelihood derived from the relative's agricultural work on the holding; but not more than three years in all shall be so treated by virtue of this subsection.