Agriculture Act 2020

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13(1)Section 50 (right to apply for new tenancy on retirement of tenant) is amended as follows.E+W

(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.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 3 para. 13 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 57(1)(b)(c)