Agriculture (Scotland) Act 1948

3 In section five (which makes further provision as to improvements)—

(a) in subsection (1) for the word-" desires," there shall be substituted the words " intimates to the landlord in writing his desire "; for the words " after hearing the landlord or his representative " there shall be substituted the words " after affording to the landlord and to the tenant an opportunity to make representations to the Board, whether in writing or on being heard by a person appointed by the Board " ; the proviso shall cease to have effect; and in paragraph (c) for the words " settled by the Board " there shall be substituted the words " determined by arbitration ";

(b) subsections (3) and (4) shall cease to have effect;

(c) after subsection (5) there shall be added the following subsection—

“(6) Nothing in Part I of the Agriculture (Scotland) Act, 1948, shall prevent the landlord and the tenant of a holding who have agreed that the holding shall be let or treated as a market garden from substituting, by agreement in writing, the provisions as to compensation set out in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of this section for the provisions as to compensation which would otherwise be applicable to the holding.”