31 Notice to quit part of holding valid in certain cases.E+W
(1)A notice to quit part of an agricultural holding held on a tenancy from year to year given by the landlord of the holding shall not be invalid on the ground that it relates to part only of the holding if it is given—
(a)for the purpose of adjusting the boundaries between agricultural units or amalgamating agricultural units or parts of such units, or
(b)with a view to the use of the land to which the notice relates for any of the objects mentioned in subsection (2) below,
and the notice states that it is given for that purpose or with a view to any such use, as the case may be.
(2)The objects referred to in subsection (1) above are—
(a)the erection of cottages or other houses for farm labourers, whether with or without gardens;
(b)the provision of gardens for cottages or other houses for farm labourers;
(c)the provision of allotments;
(d)the letting of land (with or without other land) as a smallholding under Part III of the M1Agriculture Act 1970;
(e)the planting of trees;
(f)the opening or working of a deposit of coal, ironstone, limestone, brick-earth or other mineral, or a stone quarry or a clay, sand or gravel pit, or the construction of any works or buildings to be used in connection therewith;
(g)the making of a watercourse or reservoir;
(h)the making of a road, railway, tramroad, siding, canal of basin, or a wharf, pier, or other work connected therewith.
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