[1954 c. 56.] Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
1(1)The following section shall be inserted after section 60A of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954—
“60BDevelopment Board for Rural Wales premises.
(1)Where the property comprised in the tenancy consists of premises of which the Development Board for Rural Wales is the landlord, and the Secretary of State certifies that it is necessary or expedient, for the purpose of providing employment appropriate to the needs of the area in which the premises are situated, that the use or occupation of the property should be changed, paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 58(1) above shall apply as they apply where such a certificate is given as is mentioned in that subsection.
(2)Where the court makes an order under Part II of this Act for the grant of a new tenancy of any such premises as aforesaid, and the Secretary of State certifies that it is necessary or expedient as aforesaid that the tenancy should be subject to a term, specified in the certificate, prohibiting or restricting the tenant from assigning the tenancy or sub-letting, charging or parting with possession of the premises or any part of the premises or changing the use of the premises or any part of the premises, the court shall determine that the terms of the tenancy shall include the terms specified in the certificate.”
(2)In section 59 of that Act (compensation for exercise of special powers in relation to tenancies)—
(a)in subsection (1), for the words " or, subject to subsection (1A) below, section 60A below " (inserted by section 11(2) of the [1975 c. 70.] Welsh Development Agency Act 1975) there shall be substituted the words " or subject to subsections (1A) or (1B) below, sections 60A or 60B below "; and
(b)after subsection (1A) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(1B)No compensation shall be recoverable under subsection (1) above where the certificate was given under section 60B below and either—
(a)the premises are premises which—
(i)were vested in the Welsh Development Agency by section 8 of the Welsh Development Agency Act 1975 or were acquired by the Agency when no tenancy subsisted in the premises ; and
(ii)vested in the Development Board for Rural Wales under section 24 of the Development of Rural Wales Act 1976 ; or
(b)the tenant was not the tenant of the premises when the Board acquired the interest by virtue of which the certificate was given.”